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About Guni Village

Guni is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 126 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares.

Guni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 202 hectares
Population 266
Male Population 126
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guni compares

By the 2011 count Guni is the 146th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Guni

Guni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Guni 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guni from other places

Guni lies about 12 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 6.1 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 Guni
Nearest railway station Lodhma 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 12 km
District headquarters Khunti 12 km

Villages closest to Guni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guni village had a population of 266. That makes it the 146th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Guni village has 126 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guni has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Guni covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guni falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guni is Lodhma, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Guni.

Guni is about 12 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guni is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Lodhma is about 6.1 km away. Karra is about 12 km away. Khunti is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghasibari (1.6 km), Ghunsuli (1.7 km) and Dari (1.9 km).

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

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