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About Guram Village

Guram is a mid sized village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,982, made up of 1,045 males and 937 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guram village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141206
Area (hectares) 401 hectares
Population 1,982
Male Population 1,045
Female Population 937
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guram compares

By the 2011 count Guram is the 48th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 401 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Guram

Guram is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Guram as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Guram from other places

Guram lies about 26 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Goraya, about 5.8 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 Guram
Nearest railway station Goraya 5.8 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 26 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 26 km

Villages closest to Guram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Guram

As per the Census of India 2011, Guram village had a population of 1,982. That makes it the 48th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Guram village has 1,045 males and 937 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guram has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Guram is 141206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guram covers 401 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guram falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Guram is Goraya, about 5.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Guram.

Guram is about 26 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guram is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Goraya is about 5.8 km away. Phagwāra is about 11 km away. Ludhiana East is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalis Kalan (under 2 km), Boothgarh Jattan (6.1 km) and Kot Aga (11 km).

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

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