About Gurhet Village

Gurhet is a mid sized village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,349, made up of 670 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurhet village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Hazaribag
Pincode	825317
Area (hectares)	477.78 hectares
Population	1,349
Male Population	670
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
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 Gurhet compares

By the 2011 count Gurhet is the 35th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 477.78 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Gurhet

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

Gurhet lies about 11 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 12 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 Gurhet
Tehsil headquarters	Hazaribag	11 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	11 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	11 km
Nearest railway station	Charhi	12 km

Villages closest to Gurhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurhet village had a population of 1,349. That makes it the 35th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Gurhet village has 670 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurhet has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Gurhet is 825317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurhet covers 477.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurhet falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurhet is Charhi, about 12 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 Gurhet.

Gurhet is about 11 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurhet is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribag is about 11 km away. Hazaribagh is about 11 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.