About Gurwadih Village

Gurwadih is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 114 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurwadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurwadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	45 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	114
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurwadih compares

By the 2011 count Gurwadih is the 81st largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Gurwadih

Gurwadih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurwadih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gurwadih from other places

Gurwadih lies about 4.2 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 34 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 Gurwadih
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	4.2 km
District headquarters	Chatra	4.2 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	34 km

Villages closest to Gurwadih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Gurwadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurwadih village had a population of 219. That makes it the 81st largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Gurwadih village has 114 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurwadih has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Gurwadih is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurwadih covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurwadih falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurwadih is Shivpur, about 34 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 village for Gurwadih.

Gurwadih is about 4.2 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurwadih is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Mayur Hand is about 4.2 km away. Chatra is about 4.2 km away. Chatrā is about 4.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.