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About Gurha Kalan Village

Gurha Kalan is a small village in Desuri tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 104 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurha Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha Kalan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Desuri
Pincode 306022
Area (hectares) 176.06 hectares
Population 210
Male Population 104
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
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 Gurha Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gurha Kalan is the 127th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 176.06 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Gurha Kalan

Gurha Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gurha Kalan 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 Gurha Kalan from other places

Gurha Kalan lies about 51 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Bhinwaliya, about 22 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 Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Desuri 21 km
Nearest railway station Bhinwaliya 22 km
Nearest town Sādri 35 km
District headquarters Pali 51 km

Villages closest to Gurha Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurha Kalan village had a population of 210. That makes it the 127th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Gurha Kalan village has 104 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha Kalan has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Gurha Kalan is 306022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurha Kalan covers 176.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurha Kalan falls under Desuri tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gurha Kalan is Bhinwaliya, about 22 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 Gurha Kalan.

Gurha Kalan is about 51 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurha Kalan is in Desuri tehsil of Pali district. Desuri is about 21 km away. Bhinwaliya is about 22 km away. Sādri is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nayagaon (1.5 km), Bhanka (2.2 km) and Kolar (2.3 km).

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

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