About Gunjra Village

Gunjra is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 654, made up of 347 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunjra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	299 hectares
Population	654
Male Population	347
Female Population	307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Gunjra compares

By the 2011 count Gunjra is the 45th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 299 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Gunjra

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

Gunjra lies about 31 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 16 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 Gunjra
Nearest railway station	Barhi	16 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	31 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	31 km

Villages closest to Gunjra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjra village had a population of 654. That makes it the 45th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Gunjra village has 347 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjra has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Gunjra is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunjra covers 299 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gunjra falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gunjra is Barhi, about 16 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 Gunjra.

Gunjra is about 31 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjra is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 16 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 24 km away. Barkatha is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.