About Guruwa Village

Guruwa is a mid sized village in Hazaribag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 995, made up of 559 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 780 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guruwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guruwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Hazaribag
Pincode	825301
Area (hectares)	446.98 hectares
Population	995
Male Population	559
Female Population	436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	780
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Guruwa compares

By the 2011 count Guruwa is the 45th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 446.98 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 970.

Getting to Guruwa

Guruwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Guruwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Guruwa from other places

Guruwa lies about 4.9 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 6.4 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 Guruwa
Tehsil headquarters	Hazaribag	4.9 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	4.9 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribag Town	6.4 km

Villages closest to Guruwa

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 Guruwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Guruwa village had a population of 995. That makes it the 45th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Guruwa village has 559 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guruwa has about 780 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Guruwa is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guruwa covers 446.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guruwa falls under Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guruwa is Hazaribag Town, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Guruwa.

Guruwa is about 4.9 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guruwa is in Hazaribag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribag is about 4.9 km away. Hazaribagh is about 4.9 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.