About Gurturi Village

Gurturi is a mid sized village in Tarhasi tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,104, made up of 570 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurturi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurturi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Tarhasi
Pincode	822118
Area (hectares)	164.91 hectares
Population	1,104
Male Population	570
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurturi compares

By the 2011 count Gurturi is the 27th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 853 residents. Its 164.91 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Gurturi

Gurturi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurturi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurturi from other places

Gurturi lies about 131 km from Palamu, 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 Gurturi
Tehsil headquarters	Tarhasi	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	11 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	18 km
District headquarters	Palamu	131 km

Villages closest to Gurturi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurturi village had a population of 1,104. That makes it the 27th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 853 residents.

Gurturi village has 570 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurturi has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Gurturi is 822118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurturi covers 164.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurturi falls under Tarhasi tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurturi is Kusmahi, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gurturi.

Gurturi is about 131 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurturi is in Tarhasi tehsil of Palamu district. Tarhasi is about 5.2 km away. Kusmahi is about 11 km away. Lātehār is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.