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About Guri Aker Village

Guri Aker is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 512 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.5 hectares hectares.

Guri Aker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guri Aker village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Area (hectares) 112.5 hectares
Population 976
Male Population 512
Female Population 464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guri Aker compares

By the 2011 count Guri Aker is the 106th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 112.5 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Guri Aker

Guri Aker is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guri Aker 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guri Aker from other places

Guri Aker lies about 13 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 25 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 Guri Aker
Tehsil headquarters Handwara 4.0 km
District headquarters Kupwara 13 km
Nearest town Kopawor 13 km
Nearest railway station Baramula 25 km

Villages closest to Guri Aker

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara 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 Guri Aker

As per the Census of India 2011, Guri Aker village had a population of 976. That makes it the 106th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Guri Aker village has 512 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guri Aker has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Guri Aker covers 112.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Guri Aker falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Guri Aker is Baramula, about 25 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guri Aker.

Guri Aker is about 13 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guri Aker is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 4.0 km away. Kupwara is about 13 km away. Kopawor is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bada Kot Machi Pora (under 2 km), Kachlu Qazi Pora (under 2 km) and Sanzi Pora Kutlari (under 2 km).

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

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