About Gurekra Village

Gurekra is a mid sized village in Gandoh tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 979, made up of 474 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurekra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurekra village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Gandoh
Pincode	182203
Area (hectares)	182.1 hectares
Population	979
Male Population	474
Female Population	505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
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 Gurekra compares

By the 2011 count Gurekra is the 31st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 182.1 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Gurekra

Gurekra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gurekra 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 Gurekra from other places

Gurekra lies about 12 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 54 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 Gurekra
Tehsil headquarters	Gandoh	12 km
District headquarters	Doda	12 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	54 km

Villages closest to Gurekra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurekra village had a population of 979. That makes it the 31st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Gurekra village has 474 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurekra has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Gurekra is 182203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurekra covers 182.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurekra falls under Gandoh tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gurekra is Udhampur, about 54 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 Gurekra.

Gurekra is about 12 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurekra is in Gandoh tehsil of Doda district. Gandoh is about 12 km away. Doda is about 12 km away. Udhampur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.