About Gurwa Village

Gurwa is a mid sized village in Rasra tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 828, made up of 459 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.36 hectares hectares.

Gurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ballia
Tehsil	Rasra
Area (hectares)	65.36 hectares
Population	828
Male Population	459
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gurwa compares

By the 2011 count Gurwa is the 174th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 65.36 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Gurwa

Gurwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gurwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurwa from other places

Gurwa lies about 25 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Richha Road, about 2.3 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 Gurwa
Nearest railway station	Richha Road	2.3 km
Nearest town	Baheri	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rasra	25 km
District headquarters	Ballia	25 km

Villages closest to Gurwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurwa village had a population of 828. That makes it the 174th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Gurwa village has 459 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurwa has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Gurwa covers 65.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurwa falls under Rasra tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurwa is Richha Road, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Gurwa.

Gurwa is about 25 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurwa is in Rasra tehsil of Ballia district. Richha Road is about 2.3 km away. Baheri is about 4.5 km away. Rasra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.