About Guru Village

Guru is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,186, made up of 587 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	182.08 hectares
Population	1,186
Male Population	587
Female Population	599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
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 Guru compares

By the 2011 count Guru is the 24th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 182.08 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Guru

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

Guru lies about 27 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwar, about 12 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 Guru
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sidhwar	12 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	16 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	27 km

Villages closest to Guru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guru village had a population of 1,186. That makes it the 24th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Guru village has 587 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guru has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Guru is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guru covers 182.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Guru falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guru is Sidhwar, about 12 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 Guru.

Guru is about 27 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guru is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 4.3 km away. Sidhwar is about 12 km away. Rāmgarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.