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About Gurha Village

Gurha is a mid sized village in Orai tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,839, made up of 1,000 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1057.68 hectares hectares.

Gurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Orai
Area (hectares) 1057.68 hectares
Population 1,839
Male Population 1,000
Female Population 839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurha compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 39th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 1057.68 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Gurha

Gurha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 38 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Orai, 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 Gurha
Nearest railway station Orai 16 km
District headquarters Jalaun 38 km

Villages closest to Gurha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Orai 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 1,839. That makes it the 39th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Gurha village has 1,000 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Gurha covers 1057.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Orai, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gurha.

Gurha is about 38 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 Orai tehsil of Jalaun district. Orai is about 16 km away. Jalaun is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simiriya (1.9 km), Tikar (5.7 km) and Kharka (7.1 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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