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About Gurja Village

Gurja is a small village in Mandrail tehsil, in the district of Karauli, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 89 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 719 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 322251, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurja village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Karauli
Tehsil Mandrail
Pincode 322251
Area (hectares) 516.61 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 89
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 719
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurja compares

By the 2011 count Gurja is the 65th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 516.61 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 829.

Getting to Gurja

Gurja is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gurja as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurja from other places

Gurja lies about 12 km from Karauli, and the nearest railway station is Khandip, about 7.5 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 Gurja
Nearest railway station Khandip 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandrail 12 km
District headquarters Karauli 12 km

Villages closest to Gurja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurja village had a population of 153. That makes it the 65th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Gurja village has 89 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurja has about 719 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 829.

The pincode recorded for Gurja is 322251. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurja covers 516.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurja falls under Mandrail tehsil of Karauli district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gurja is Khandip, about 7.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gurja.

Gurja is about 12 km from Karauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurja is in Mandrail tehsil of Karauli district. Khandip is about 7.5 km away. Mandrail is about 12 km away. Karauli is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpur (9.4 km), Nawalpura (10 km) and Nayagaon (11 km).

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

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