About Gurja Village

Gurja is a small village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 80 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 476332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurja village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Vijaypur
Pincode	476332
Area (hectares)	276 hectares
Population	145
Male Population	80
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurja compares

By the 2011 count Gurja is the 89th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 276 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Gurja

Gurja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurja 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 Gurja from other places

Gurja lies about 100 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sabalgarh, about 6.8 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 Gurja
Nearest railway station	Sabalgarh	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijaypur	29 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	100 km

Villages closest to Gurja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurja village had a population of 145. That makes it the 89th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Gurja village has 80 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurja has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 846.

The pincode recorded for Gurja is 476332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurja covers 276 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurja falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurja is Sabalgarh, about 6.8 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 Gurja.

Gurja is about 100 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurja is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Sabalgarh is about 6.8 km away. Vijaypur is about 29 km away. Sheopur is about 100 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.