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About Gurha Village

Gurha is a large village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,982, made up of 1,619 males and 1,363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1068.12 hectares hectares.

Gurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Garautha
Area (hectares) 1068.12 hectares
Population 2,982
Male Population 1,619
Female Population 1,363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurha compares

By the 2011 count Gurha is the 9th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 1068.12 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Gurha

The census records public bus service for Gurha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 82 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Ghutai, about 20 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
Tehsil headquarters Garautha 15 km
Nearest railway station Ghutai 20 km
Nearest town Rāth 22 km
District headquarters Jhansi 82 km

Villages closest to Gurha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garautha 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 2,982. That makes it the 9th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Gurha village has 1,619 males and 1,363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurha has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Gurha covers 1068.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurha falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurha is Ghutai, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gurha.

Gurha is about 82 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurha is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Garautha is about 15 km away. Ghutai is about 20 km away. Rāth is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raipura (3.8 km), Sujan Pura (5.3 km) and Gahrauli (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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