About Guniya Village

Guniya is a large village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,043, made up of 1,011 males and 1,032 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guniya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	583 hectares
Population	2,043
Male Population	1,011
Female Population	1,032
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Guniya compares

By the 2011 count Guniya is the 8th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 583 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Guniya

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

Guniya lies about 14 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, 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 Guniya
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	12 km
District headquarters	Gumla	14 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	14 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	34 km

Villages closest to Guniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guniya village had a population of 2,043. That makes it the 8th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Guniya village has 1,011 males and 1,032 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guniya has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Guniya is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guniya covers 583 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guniya falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guniya is Lohardaga, 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 Guniya.

Guniya is about 14 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guniya is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 12 km away. Gumla is about 14 km away. Gumlā is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.