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About Garurbasa Village

Garurbasa is a mid sized village in Hura tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 294 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garurbasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garurbasa village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Hura
Pincode 723101
Area (hectares) 222.89 hectares
Population 593
Male Population 294
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garurbasa compares

By the 2011 count Garurbasa is the 78th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,293 residents. Its 222.89 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Garurbasa

Garurbasa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garurbasa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dholkata, Dimbad, Dumarshol and Dumdumi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Garurbasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Garurbasa village had a population of 593. That makes it the 78th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,293 residents.

Garurbasa village has 294 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garurbasa has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Garurbasa is 723101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garurbasa covers 222.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garurbasa falls under Hura tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Garurbasa notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garurbasa.

Garurbasa is in Hura tehsil of Puruliya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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