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About Gurai Village

Gurai is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 43 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 16.71 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 43
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,116
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 Gurai compares

By the 2011 count Gurai is the 228th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 16.71 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Gurai

Gurai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gurai 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 Gurai from other places

Gurai lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 38 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 Gurai
Nearest town Srīnagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 38 km

Villages closest to Gurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurai village had a population of 91. That makes it the 228th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Gurai village has 43 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurai has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Gurai is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurai covers 16.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurai falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurai is Rishikesh, about 38 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 Gurai.

Gurai is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurai is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 16 km away. Devprayag is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pabela (under 2 km), Mangasu (under 2 km) and Khateli (under 2 km).

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

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