About Gunpur Village

Gunpur is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,545, made up of 797 males and 748 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	1,545
Male Population	797
Female Population	748
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
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 Gunpur compares

By the 2011 count Gunpur is the 10th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Gunpur

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

Gunpur lies about 49 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 3.9 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 Gunpur
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	9.6 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	20 km
District headquarters	Pakur	49 km

Villages closest to Gunpur

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 Gunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunpur village had a population of 1,545. That makes it the 10th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Gunpur village has 797 males and 748 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunpur has about 939 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 Gunpur is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunpur covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gunpur falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gunpur is Harinsing, about 3.9 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 Gunpur.

Gunpur is about 49 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunpur is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Harinsing is about 3.9 km away. Pakuria is about 9.6 km away. Rampur Hat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.