# Guraru Village, Gurua, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Gurua, Gaya 

# Guraru

Guraru is a village in Gurua sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 179 households**, the 57th largest of 170 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 179households
- 70.8%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Guraru PIN code and other codes

Guraru falls in Gurua sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPakri
- Community development blockGurua
- Census village code255608

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Guraru from nearby towns?

- Gurua (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)62 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)14 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Guraru?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Guraru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chandiasthan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sherghati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Guraru known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 120 hectares of village land is sown, and 68 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Guraru

Of every 100 households in Guraru in 2011, 0 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guraru · ■ Gurua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**44%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Guraru?

■ Guraru · ■ Gurua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**961

Working population ****49.5%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 61.8% for women. 49% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 544 (97%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gurua

- Dadu Barma1,157 people
- Raghunath Khap1,147 people
- Deuria1,144 people
- Tanrai1,138 people
- Murahi1,121 people
- Beniya1,114 people
- Ghauspur1,114 people
- Bara1,109 people

[All 182 villages in Gurua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/gurua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guraru from Gaya?62 km by road
- What is the population of Guraru?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guraru in?Gaya district (Gurua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Guraru?70.8% (Census 2011)