About Gurgain Village

Gurgain is a small village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 246 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurgain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurgain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	246
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
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 Gurgain compares

By the 2011 count Gurgain is the 60th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 960.

Getting to Gurgain

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

Gurgain lies about 29 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwar, about 9.5 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 Gurgain
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sidhwar	9.5 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	13 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	29 km

Villages closest to Gurgain

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 Gurgain

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurgain village had a population of 471. That makes it the 60th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Gurgain village has 246 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurgain has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

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

Gurgain covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurgain falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurgain is Sidhwar, about 9.5 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 Gurgain.

Gurgain is about 29 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurgain is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 5.3 km away. Sidhwar is about 9.5 km away. Rāmgarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.