About Gurum Village

Gurum is a mid sized village in Telkoi tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 260 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurum village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Telkoi
Pincode	758019
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	260
Female Population	296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurum compares

By the 2011 count Gurum is the 28th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 727 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Gurum

Gurum is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gurum as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gurum from other places

Gurum lies about 36 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Harichandanpur, about 27 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 Gurum
Tehsil headquarters	Telkoi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Harichandanpur	27 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	36 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	36 km

Villages closest to Gurum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurum village had a population of 556. That makes it the 28th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 727 residents.

Gurum village has 260 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurum has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Gurum is 758019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurum covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurum falls under Telkoi tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Gurum is Harichandanpur, about 27 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 10+ km distance for Gurum.

Gurum is about 36 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurum is in Telkoi tehsil of Kendujhar district. Telkoi is about 15 km away. Harichandanpur is about 27 km away. Kendujhar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.