About Gurwal Village

Gurwal is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,636, made up of 844 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 907.94 hectares hectares.

Gurwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurwal village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Area (hectares)	907.94 hectares
Population	1,636
Male Population	844
Female Population	792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurwal compares

By the 2011 count Gurwal is the 41st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 907.94 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Gurwal

Gurwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurwal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gurwal from other places

Gurwal lies about 25 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 21 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 Gurwal
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Khairahi	21 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	25 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	25 km

Villages closest to Gurwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurwal village had a population of 1,636. That makes it the 41st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Gurwal village has 844 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurwal has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Gurwal covers 907.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurwal falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurwal is Khairahi, about 21 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 village for Gurwal.

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

Gurwal is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 8.8 km away. Khairahi is about 21 km away. Sonbhadra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.