About Ghurua Kalan Village

Ghurua Kalan is a small village in Majhiaon tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 53 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,377 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghurua Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurua Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Majhiaon
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	21.82 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	53
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,377
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 Ghurua Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ghurua Kalan is the 37th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 21.82 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Ghurua Kalan

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

Ghurua Kalan 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majhiaon	13 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	32 km

Villages closest to Ghurua Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurua Kalan village had a population of 126. That makes it the 37th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Ghurua Kalan village has 53 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurua Kalan has about 1377 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Ghurua Kalan is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghurua Kalan covers 21.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurua Kalan falls under Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghurua Kalan 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghurua Kalan.

Ghurua Kalan 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 Kalan is in Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district. Muhammadganj is about 4.8 km away. Majhiaon is about 13 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.