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About Gurha Village

Gurha is a mid sized village in Madhogarh tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 746, made up of 414 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 802 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.01 hectares hectares.

Gurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Madhogarh
Area (hectares) 133.01 hectares
Population 746
Male Population 414
Female Population 332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 802
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 compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 148th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents. Its 133.01 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 867.

Getting to Gurha

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

Gurha lies about 35 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Konch, about 36 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
Nearest town Lahār 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhogarh 16 km
District headquarters Jalaun 35 km
Nearest railway station Konch 36 km

Villages closest to Gurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurha village had a population of 746. That makes it the 148th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents.

Gurha village has 414 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 802 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 867.

Gurha covers 133.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurha falls under Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Konch, about 36 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.

Gurha is about 35 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurha is in Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district. Lahār is about 14 km away. Madhogarh is about 16 km away. Jalaun 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 Kanhapura (under 2 km), Pachokhara (4.8 km) and Karmara (5.6 km).

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

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