About Gurushikharan Village

Gurushikharan is a large village in Koil tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,024, made up of 1,657 males and 1,367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 521.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 202125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurushikharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurushikharan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Koil
Pincode	202125
Area (hectares)	521.72 hectares
Population	3,024
Male Population	1,657
Female Population	1,367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
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 Gurushikharan compares

By the 2011 count Gurushikharan is the 65th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents. Its 521.72 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Gurushikharan

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

Gurushikharan lies about 9.5 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Aligarh Junction, about 9.4 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 Gurushikharan
Nearest railway station	Aligarh Junction	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Koil	9.5 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	9.5 km
Nearest town	Alīgarh	9.5 km

Villages closest to Gurushikharan

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

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Common questions about Gurushikharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurushikharan village had a population of 3,024. That makes it the 65th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents.

Gurushikharan village has 1,657 males and 1,367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurushikharan has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

The pincode recorded for Gurushikharan is 202125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurushikharan covers 521.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurushikharan falls under Koil tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurushikharan is Aligarh Junction, about 9.4 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 Gurushikharan.

Gurushikharan is about 9.5 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurushikharan is in Koil tehsil of Aligarh district. Aligarh Junction is about 9.4 km away. Koil is about 9.5 km away. Aligarh is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.