About Gurtur Village

Gurtur is a small village in Balumath tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 242 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurtur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurtur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Balumath
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	495 hectares
Population	473
Male Population	242
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
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 Gurtur compares

By the 2011 count Gurtur is the 52nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 495 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Gurtur

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

Gurtur lies about 18 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 11 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 Gurtur
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balumath	13 km
District headquarters	Latehar	18 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	18 km

Villages closest to Gurtur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurtur village had a population of 473. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Gurtur village has 242 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurtur has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Gurtur is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurtur covers 495 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurtur falls under Balumath tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurtur is Kusmahi, about 11 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 Gurtur.

Gurtur is about 18 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurtur is in Balumath tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 11 km away. Balumath is about 13 km away. Latehar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.