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About Gurah Kalan Village

Gurah Kalan is a large village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,834, made up of 1,478 males and 1,356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurah Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurah Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145101
Area (hectares) 463 hectares
Population 2,834
Male Population 1,478
Female Population 1,356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurah Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gurah Kalan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 463 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Gurah Kalan

The census records public bus service for Gurah Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gurah Kalan from other places

Gurah Kalan lies about 40 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about under 2 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 Gurah Kalan
Nearest railway station Madhopur Punjab under 2 km
Nearest town Sujānpur 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 11 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 40 km

Villages closest to Gurah Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathankot 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 Gurah Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurah Kalan village had a population of 2,834. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Gurah Kalan village has 1,478 males and 1,356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurah Kalan has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Gurah Kalan is 145101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurah Kalan covers 463 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurah Kalan falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gurah Kalan is Madhopur Punjab, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gurah Kalan.

Gurah Kalan is about 40 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurah Kalan is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Madhopur Punjab is about under 2 km away. Sujānpur is about 4.9 km away. Pathankot is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gurah Khurd (under 2 km), Tharial (under 2 km) and Madhopur (under 2 km).

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

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