About Gurha Village

Gurha is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 45 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	825320
Area (hectares)	128.3 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	45
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
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 Gurha compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 159th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 128.3 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Gurha

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

Gurha lies about 19 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jitpur, about 13 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 Gurha
Nearest railway station	Jitpur	13 km
District headquarters	Giridih	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	20 km

Villages closest to Gurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurha village had a population of 94. That makes it the 159th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Gurha village has 45 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Gurha is 825320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurha covers 128.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurha falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Jitpur, about 13 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 Gurha.

Gurha is about 19 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurha is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Jitpur is about 13 km away. Giridih is about 19 km away. Dumri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.