About Gurkua Village

Gurkua is a small village in Ichak tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 16 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurkua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurkua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Ichak
Pincode	825402
Area (hectares)	142.5 hectares
Population	31
Male Population	16
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Gurkua compares

By the 2011 count Gurkua is the 83rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents. Its 142.5 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Gurkua

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

Gurkua 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 Gurkua
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	4.9 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribag Town	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ichak	14 km

Villages closest to Gurkua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurkua village had a population of 31. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents.

Gurkua village has 16 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurkua has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Gurkua is 825402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurkua covers 142.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurkua falls under Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurkua 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gurkua.

Gurkua 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.

Gurkua is in Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribagh is about 4.9 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 4.9 km away. Hazaribag Town is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.