About Gurturi Village

Gurturi is a mid sized village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 656, made up of 318 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurturi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurturi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	226 hectares
Population	656
Male Population	318
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurturi compares

By the 2011 count Gurturi is the 62nd largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Gurturi

Gurturi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gurturi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gurturi from other places

Gurturi lies about 124 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 20 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 Gurturi
Nearest railway station	Satbahini	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	31 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	33 km
District headquarters	Chatra	124 km

Villages closest to Gurturi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurturi village had a population of 656. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Gurturi village has 318 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurturi has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Gurturi is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurturi covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurturi falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurturi is Satbahini, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gurturi.

Gurturi is about 124 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurturi is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Satbahini is about 20 km away. Pratappur is about 31 km away. Husainābād is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.