About Ghurua Village

Ghurua is a mid sized village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,419, made up of 747 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghurua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	200.1 hectares
Population	1,419
Male Population	747
Female Population	672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghurua compares

By the 2011 count Ghurua is the 20th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 200.1 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Ghurua

Ghurua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghurua as Available within village. 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 Ghurua from other places

Ghurua lies about 32 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 4.8 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 Ghurua
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	7.4 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	32 km

Villages closest to Ghurua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurua village had a population of 1,419. That makes it the 20th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Ghurua village has 747 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurua has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Ghurua is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghurua covers 200.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghurua falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghurua is Muhammadganj, about 4.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghurua.

Ghurua is about 32 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurua is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Muhammadganj is about 4.8 km away. Kandi is about 7.4 km away. Husainābād is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.