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About Gurah Balu Village

Gurah Balu is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 143 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 776 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurah Balu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurah Balu village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184142
Area (hectares) 95 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 143
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 776
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurah Balu compares

By the 2011 count Gurah Balu is the 144th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Gurah Balu

Gurah Balu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gurah Balu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurah Balu from other places

Gurah Balu lies about 28 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Hira Nagar, about under 2 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 Balu
Nearest railway station Hira Nagar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 3.0 km
Nearest town Sāmba 16 km
District headquarters Kathua 28 km

Villages closest to Gurah Balu

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

Common questions about Gurah Balu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurah Balu village had a population of 254. That makes it the 144th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Gurah Balu village has 143 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurah Balu has about 776 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Gurah Balu is 184142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurah Balu covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurah Balu falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gurah Balu is Hira Nagar, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gurah Balu.

Gurah Balu is about 28 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurah Balu is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hira Nagar is about under 2 km away. Hiranagar is about 3.0 km away. Sāmba is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Budhu (under 2 km), Arjan Chak (under 2 km) and Suba Chak (1.5 km).

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

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