About Gurusar Village

Gurusar is a mid sized village in Jaitu tehsil, in the district of Faridkot, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,686, made up of 906 males and 780 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurusar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurusar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Faridkot
Tehsil	Jaitu
Pincode	151206
Area (hectares)	492 hectares
Population	1,686
Male Population	906
Female Population	780
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurusar compares

By the 2011 count Gurusar is the 34th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents. Its 492 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Gurusar

Gurusar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurusar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurusar from other places

Gurusar lies about 21 km from Faridkot, and the nearest railway station is Romana Albael Singh, about 4.7 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 Gurusar
Nearest railway station	Romana Albael Singh	4.7 km
Nearest town	Kotkapura	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitu	8.6 km
District headquarters	Faridkot	21 km

Villages closest to Gurusar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurusar village had a population of 1,686. That makes it the 34th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents.

Gurusar village has 906 males and 780 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurusar has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Gurusar is 151206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurusar covers 492 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurusar falls under Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gurusar is Romana Albael Singh, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gurusar.

Gurusar is about 21 km from Faridkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurusar is in Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district. Romana Albael Singh is about 4.7 km away. Kotkapura is about 8.3 km away. Jaitu is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.