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About Guri Village

Guri is a small village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 415, made up of 217 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Katkamsandi
Pincode 825401
Area (hectares) 258 hectares
Population 415
Male Population 217
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
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 Guri compares

By the 2011 count Guri is the 54th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 258 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Guri

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

Guri lies about 27 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 2.8 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 Guri
Nearest railway station Kathautia 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Katkamsandi 27 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 27 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 27 km

Villages closest to Guri

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

Common questions about Guri

As per the Census of India 2011, Guri village had a population of 415. That makes it the 54th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Guri village has 217 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guri has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Guri is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guri covers 258 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guri falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guri is Kathautia, about 2.8 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 Guri.

Guri is about 27 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guri is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kathautia is about 2.8 km away. Katkamsandi is about 27 km away. Hazaribagh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhardag (under 2 km), Shahapur (2.4 km) and Dahuri (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Guri today is likely to be higher.

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