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About Gurha Khowa Village

Gurha Khowa is a small village in Desuri tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 94 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurha Khowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha Khowa village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Desuri
Pincode 306703
Area (hectares) 320 hectares
Population 190
Male Population 94
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
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 Khowa compares

By the 2011 count Gurha Khowa is the 130th 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 320 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Gurha Khowa

Gurha Khowa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gurha Khowa 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 Khowa from other places

Gurha Khowa lies about 52 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Bhagwanpura, about 17 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 Khowa
Tehsil headquarters Desuri 9.2 km
Nearest town Sādri 16 km
Nearest railway station Bhagwanpura 17 km
District headquarters Pali 52 km

Villages closest to Gurha Khowa

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 Khowa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurha Khowa village had a population of 190. That makes it the 130th 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 Khowa village has 94 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha Khowa has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Gurha Khowa is 306703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurha Khowa covers 320 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gurha Khowa is Bhagwanpura, about 17 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 Khowa.

Gurha Khowa is about 52 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurha Khowa is in Desuri tehsil of Pali district. Desuri is about 9.2 km away. Sādri is about 16 km away. Bhagwanpura is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gurha Patiya (under 2 km), Karnawa (2.8 km) and Sarangwas (3.8 km).

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

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