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About Gurudih Village

Gurudih is a mid sized village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 510, made up of 270 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurudih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurudih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Katkamsandi
Pincode 825301
Area (hectares) 573.16 hectares
Population 510
Male Population 270
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
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 Gurudih compares

By the 2011 count Gurudih is the 49th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 573.16 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Gurudih

Gurudih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gurudih 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 Gurudih from other places

Gurudih lies about 16 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 7.8 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 Gurudih
Nearest railway station Katkamsandi 7.8 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 16 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 16 km

Villages closest to Gurudih

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 Gurudih

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurudih village had a population of 510. That makes it the 49th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Gurudih village has 270 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurudih has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

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

Gurudih covers 573.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurudih falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurudih is Katkamsandi, about 7.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gurudih.

Gurudih is about 16 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurudih is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Katkamsandi is about 7.8 km away. Hazaribagh is about 16 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nachle (2.9 km), Sakarja (3.1 km) and Danr (3.6 km).

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

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