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About Gurawar Village

Gurawar is one of the larger villages in Maham tehsil, in the district of Rohtak, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,927, made up of 4,328 males and 3,599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1781 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 124111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurawar village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Rohtak
Tehsil Maham
Pincode 124111
Area (hectares) 1781 hectares
Population 7,927
Male Population 4,328
Female Population 3,599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurawar compares

By the 2011 count Gurawar is the 7th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,889 residents. Its 1781 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Gurawar

Gurawar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gurawar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurawar from other places

Gurawar lies about 17 km from Rohtak, and the nearest railway station is Karainthi, about 3.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gurawar
Nearest railway station Karainthi 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Maham 16 km
District headquarters Rohtak 17 km

Villages closest to Gurawar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maham tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gurawar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurawar village had a population of 7,927. That makes it the 7th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,889 residents.

Gurawar village has 4,328 males and 3,599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurawar has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

The pincode recorded for Gurawar is 124111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurawar covers 1781 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurawar falls under Maham tehsil of Rohtak district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Gurawar is Karainthi, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gurawar.

Gurawar is about 17 km from Rohtak in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurawar is in Maham tehsil of Rohtak district. Karainthi is about 3.9 km away. Maham is about 16 km away. Rohtak is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajaib (3.7 km), Kherainti (4.2 km) and Madina Gindhran (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gurawar today is likely to be higher.

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