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About Guretha Village

Guretha is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 46 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guretha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guretha village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 77.6 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 46
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,152
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guretha compares

By the 2011 count Guretha is the 105th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 77.6 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Guretha

Guretha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guretha as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guretha from other places

Guretha lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Guretha
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 11 km
District headquarters Garhwal 21 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 31 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 32 km

Villages closest to Guretha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guretha village had a population of 99. That makes it the 105th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Guretha village has 46 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guretha has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Guretha is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guretha covers 77.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guretha falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Guretha is Kotdwara, about 32 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guretha.

Guretha is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guretha is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Kotdwāra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nail (under 2 km), Kandai (under 2 km) and Gheruwa Malla (under 2 km).

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

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