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About Gurah Sarkari Village

Gurah Sarkari is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 64 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 656 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurah Sarkari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurah Sarkari village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184148
Area (hectares) 59 hectares
Population 106
Male Population 64
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 656
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurah Sarkari compares

By the 2011 count Gurah Sarkari is the 171st largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Gurah Sarkari

The census records public bus service for Gurah Sarkari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Sarkari from other places

Gurah Sarkari lies about 28 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Hira Nagar, about 3.3 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 Sarkari
Nearest railway station Hira Nagar 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 6.7 km
Nearest town Sāmba 16 km
District headquarters Kathua 28 km

Villages closest to Gurah Sarkari

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 Sarkari

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurah Sarkari village had a population of 106. That makes it the 171st largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Gurah Sarkari village has 64 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurah Sarkari has about 656 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 Sarkari is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurah Sarkari covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gurah Sarkari is Hira Nagar, about 3.3 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gurah Sarkari.

Gurah Sarkari 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 Sarkari is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hira Nagar is about 3.3 km away. Hiranagar is about 6.7 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 Gurah Baildaran (under 2 km), Gurah Mehtian (under 2 km) and Gurah Mondian (under 2 km).

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

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