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About Gurha Village

Gurha is a small village in Jhalrapatan tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 231 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 610.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326021, 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 Jhalrapatan
Pincode 326021
Area (hectares) 610.95 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 231
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurha compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 197th largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 610.95 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 960.

Getting to Gurha

Gurha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gurha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 28 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 23 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
Nearest town Aklera 17 km
Nearest railway station Jhalarapatan 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhalrapatan 26 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 28 km

Villages closest to Gurha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jhalrapatan 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 435. That makes it the 197th largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Gurha village has 231 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Gurha is 326021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurha covers 610.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurha falls under Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Jhalarapatan, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gurha.

Gurha is about 28 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 Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district. Aklera is about 17 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 23 km away. Jhalrapatan 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 Rooppura Baldiya (under 2 km), Raredi (under 2 km) and Salki Doongri (2.3 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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