About Ghurni Village

Ghurni is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 381 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghurni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	816117
Area (hectares)	195 hectares
Population	730
Male Population	381
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
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 Ghurni compares

By the 2011 count Ghurni is the 51st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Ghurni

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

Ghurni lies about 46 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Pinargaria, about 5.3 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 Ghurni
Nearest railway station	Pinargaria	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	9.1 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	14 km
District headquarters	Pakur	46 km

Villages closest to Ghurni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurni village had a population of 730. That makes it the 51st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Ghurni village has 381 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurni has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Ghurni is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghurni covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurni falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghurni is Pinargaria, about 5.3 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 Ghurni.

Ghurni is about 46 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurni is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pinargaria is about 5.3 km away. Pakuria is about 9.1 km away. Rampur Hat is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.