About Gurusalwe Village

Gurusalwe is a small village in Bariyatu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 148 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurusalwe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurusalwe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Bariyatu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	317.98 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	148
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
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 Gurusalwe compares

By the 2011 count Gurusalwe is the 52nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 317.98 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 986.

Getting to Gurusalwe

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

Gurusalwe lies about 26 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 19 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 Gurusalwe
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bariyatu	26 km
District headquarters	Latehar	26 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	26 km

Villages closest to Gurusalwe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurusalwe village had a population of 316. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Gurusalwe village has 148 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurusalwe has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Gurusalwe covers 317.98 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.

Gurusalwe falls under Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurusalwe is Kumandih, about 19 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 Gurusalwe.

Gurusalwe is about 26 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurusalwe is in Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 19 km away. Bariyatu is about 26 km away. Latehar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.