About Ghurra Village

Ghurra is a large village in Joura tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,513, made up of 1,876 males and 1,637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares.

Ghurra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Morena
Tehsil	Joura
Area (hectares)	205 hectares
Population	3,513
Male Population	1,876
Female Population	1,637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Ghurra compares

By the 2011 count Ghurra is the 30th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,731 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 819.

Getting to Ghurra

Ghurra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ghurra 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghurra from other places

Ghurra lies about 17 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Thara, about 10 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 Ghurra
Nearest railway station	Thara	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Joura	12 km
Nearest town	Jora	12 km
District headquarters	Morena	17 km

Villages closest to Ghurra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurra village had a population of 3,513. That makes it the 30th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,731 residents.

Ghurra village has 1,876 males and 1,637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurra has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 819.

Ghurra covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ghurra falls under Joura tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghurra is Thara, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Ghurra is about 17 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurra is in Joura tehsil of Morena district. Thara is about 10 km away. Joura is about 12 km away. Jora is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.