About Gurguriya Village

Gurguriya is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 263 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurguriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurguriya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	371.45 hectares
Population	495
Male Population	263
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurguriya compares

By the 2011 count Gurguriya is the 63rd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 371.45 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Gurguriya

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

How far is Gurguriya from other places

Gurguriya lies about 9.2 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 4.3 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 Gurguriya
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	4.3 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	9.2 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	19 km

Villages closest to Gurguriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurguriya village had a population of 495. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Gurguriya village has 263 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurguriya has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Gurguriya is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurguriya covers 371.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurguriya falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurguriya is Lotapahar, about 4.3 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 village for Gurguriya.

Gurguriya is about 9.2 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurguriya is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 4.3 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 9.2 km away. Chakradharpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.