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About Guri Village

Guri is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 40 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,300 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 68.54 hectares
Population 92
Male Population 40
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,300
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guri compares

By the 2011 count Guri is the 281st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 68.54 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Guri

Guri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Guri from other places

Guri lies about 21 km from Shimla. 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 Guri
Tehsil headquarters Theog 2.9 km
District headquarters Shimla 21 km

Villages closest to Guri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guri village had a population of 92. That makes it the 281st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Guri village has 40 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guri has about 1300 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Guri is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guri covers 68.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guri falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Guri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guri.

Guri is about 21 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guri is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 2.9 km away. Shimla is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nehra (under 2 km), Deori (under 2 km) and Deori Ghat (under 2 km).

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

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