About Gurah Suraj Village

Gurah Suraj is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 43 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurah Suraj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurah Suraj village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184145
Area (hectares)	17 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	43
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurah Suraj compares

By the 2011 count Gurah Suraj is the 176th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 17 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Gurah Suraj

Gurah Suraj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gurah Suraj 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurah Suraj from other places

Gurah Suraj 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 Suraj
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 Suraj

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.

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Common questions about Gurah Suraj

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurah Suraj village had a population of 81. That makes it the 176th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Gurah Suraj village has 43 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurah Suraj has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Gurah Suraj is 184145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurah Suraj covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gurah Suraj is Hira Nagar, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 Suraj.

Gurah Suraj 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 Suraj 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.