About Gurah Brahmana Village

Gurah Brahmana is a large village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,935, made up of 1,517 males and 1,418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurah Brahmana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurah Brahmana village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	358.2 hectares
Population	2,935
Male Population	1,517
Female Population	1,418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurah Brahmana compares

By the 2011 count Gurah Brahmana is the 12th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 358.2 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gurah Brahmana

Gurah Brahmana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurah Brahmana 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurah Brahmana from other places

Gurah Brahmana lies about 14 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 8.8 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 Gurah Brahmana
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	8.8 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	14 km
District headquarters	Jammu	14 km

Villages closest to Gurah Brahmana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 Gurah Brahmana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurah Brahmana village had a population of 2,935. That makes it the 12th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Gurah Brahmana village has 1,517 males and 1,418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurah Brahmana has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Gurah Brahmana is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurah Brahmana covers 358.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurah Brahmana falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gurah Brahmana is Bari Brahman, about 8.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gurah Brahmana.

Gurah Brahmana is about 14 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurah Brahmana is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 8.8 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 12 km away. Akhnoor is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.