About Gura Village

Gura is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,108, made up of 603 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gura village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Pincode	144418
Area (hectares)	189.51 hectares
Population	1,108
Male Population	603
Female Population	505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
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 Gura compares

By the 2011 count Gura is the 101st largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 189.51 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Gura

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

Gura lies about 31 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Goraya, about 5.7 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 Gura
Nearest railway station	Goraya	5.7 km
Nearest town	Phagwāra	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phillaur	14 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	31 km

Villages closest to Gura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gura village had a population of 1,108. That makes it the 101st largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Gura village has 603 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gura has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Gura is 144418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gura covers 189.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gura falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gura is Goraya, about 5.7 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 Gura.

Gura is about 31 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gura is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Goraya is about 5.7 km away. Phagwāra is about 10 km away. Phillaur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.