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About Gura Village

Gura is a mid sized village in Kalpi tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,196, made up of 651 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.68 hectares hectares.

Gura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Kalpi
Area (hectares) 351.68 hectares
Population 1,196
Male Population 651
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gura compares

By the 2011 count Gura is the 98th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents. Its 351.68 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Gura

Gura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gura from other places

Gura lies about 64 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about 16 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 Gura
Nearest railway station Pokhrayan 16 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalpi 25 km
District headquarters Jalaun 64 km

Villages closest to Gura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gura village had a population of 1,196. That makes it the 98th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents.

Gura village has 651 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gura has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Gura covers 351.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gura falls under Kalpi tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gura is Pokhrayan, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gura.

Gura is about 64 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gura is in Kalpi tehsil of Jalaun district. Pokhrayan is about 16 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 17 km away. Kalpi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narhan Dewara (5.5 km), Sultanpur Ubari (9.2 km) and Simrasheikhpur Dewra (9.8 km).

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

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