About Gorra Village

Gorra is a small village in Chatra tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 163 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Chatra
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	384 hectares
Population	311
Male Population	163
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
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 Gorra compares

By the 2011 count Gorra is the 99th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 605 residents. Its 384 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Gorra

Gorra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gorra 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 Gorra from other places

Gorra lies about 12 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 23 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 Gorra
Tehsil headquarters	Chatra	12 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	12 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	23 km

Villages closest to Gorra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorra village had a population of 311. That makes it the 99th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 605 residents.

Gorra village has 163 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorra has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Gorra is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorra covers 384 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorra falls under Chatra tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gorra is Katkamsandi, about 23 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 Gorra.

Gorra is about 12 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorra is in Chatra tehsil of Chatra district. Chatra is about 12 km away. Chatrā is about 12 km away. Katkamsandi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.