About Gurha Village

Gurha is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,585, made up of 833 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 828.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Maudaha
Pincode	210504
Area (hectares)	828.05 hectares
Population	1,585
Male Population	833
Female Population	752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurha compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 78th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 828.05 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Gurha

Gurha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gurha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurha from other places

Gurha lies about 24 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 40 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 Gurha
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maudaha	24 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	40 km

Villages closest to Gurha

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

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Common questions about Gurha

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurha village had a population of 1,585. That makes it the 78th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Gurha village has 833 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 859.

The pincode recorded for Gurha is 210504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurha covers 828.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurha falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Olinda, about 40 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gurha.

Gurha is about 24 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurha is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 16 km away. Maudaha is about 24 km away. Hamirpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.