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About Guphu Village

Guphu is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 199 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.2 hectares hectares.

Guphu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guphu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Area (hectares) 213.2 hectares
Population 403
Male Population 199
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guphu compares

By the 2011 count Guphu is the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 213.2 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Guphu

Guphu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guphu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Guphu from other places

Guphu lies about 22 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 17 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 Guphu
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road 17 km
District headquarters Khunti 22 km

Villages closest to Guphu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guphu village had a population of 403. That makes it the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Guphu village has 199 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guphu has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Guphu covers 213.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guphu falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guphu is Govindpur Road, about 17 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guphu.

Guphu is about 22 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guphu is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 4.3 km away. Govindpur Road is about 17 km away. Khunti is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hotor (under 2 km), Komang (under 2 km) and Gopla (under 2 km).

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

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