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About Guravali Village

Guravali is a mid sized village in Kalyan tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,841, made up of 945 males and 896 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 421301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guravali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guravali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Kalyan
Pincode 421301
Area (hectares) 398.9 hectares
Population 1,841
Male Population 945
Female Population 896
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Guravali compares

By the 2011 count Guravali is the 25th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,332 residents. Its 398.9 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Guravali

Guravali 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 Guravali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guravali from other places

Guravali lies about 10 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Bhivandi Road, about 1.6 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 Guravali
Nearest railway station Bhivandi Road 1.6 km
Nearest town Bhiwandi 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalyan 10 km
District headquarters Thane 10 km

Villages closest to Guravali

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

Common questions about Guravali

As per the Census of India 2011, Guravali village had a population of 1,841. That makes it the 25th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,332 residents.

Guravali village has 945 males and 896 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guravali has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Guravali is 421301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guravali covers 398.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guravali falls under Kalyan tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Guravali is Bhivandi Road, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Guravali is about 10 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guravali is in Kalyan tehsil of Thane district. Bhivandi Road is about 1.6 km away. Bhiwandi is about 5.3 km away. Kalyan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manivali (under 2 km), Vadavali Bk (under 2 km) and Vadavali Kh (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Guravali today is likely to be higher.

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