About Gurekra Village

Gurekra is a small village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 199 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182201, 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	Thathri
Pincode	182201
Area (hectares)	77.7 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	199
Female Population	186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 50th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 77.7 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

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
District headquarters	Doda	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	15 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 Thathri 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 385. That makes it the 50th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Gurekra village has 199 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurekra has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Gurekra is 182201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurekra covers 77.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurekra falls under Thathri 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 Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 12 km away. Thathri is about 15 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.