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About Gurha Village

Gurha is a small village in Khanpur tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 92 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 652 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Khanpur
Pincode 326038
Area (hectares) 105.33 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 92
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 652
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurha compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 181st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 828 residents. Its 105.33 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Gurha

Gurha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gurha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurha from other places

Gurha lies about 26 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalawar City, about 29 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 Gurha
Tehsil headquarters Khanpur 6.5 km
Nearest town Sangod 19 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 26 km
Nearest railway station Jhalawar City 29 km

Villages closest to Gurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurha village had a population of 152. That makes it the 181st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 828 residents.

Gurha village has 92 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 652 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Gurha is 326038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurha covers 105.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurha falls under Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Jhalawar City, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gurha.

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

Gurha is in Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district. Khanpur is about 6.5 km away. Sangod is about 19 km away. Jhalawar 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 Lodha (under 2 km), Kalarewa (under 2 km) and Padmiya (1.5 km).

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

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