Village · Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur # Guruwala Guruwala is a village in Paonta Sahib sub-district of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code 173025. The 2011 Census counted 497 people in 96 households, the 84th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%. - 497 people (2011) - 96 households - 76.0% literacy - 173025 PIN code ## Guruwala PIN code and other codes The PIN code of Guruwala is 173025. Guruwala falls in Paonta Sahib sub-district, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh. - PIN code 173025 - Community development block Paonta Sahib - Census village code 023386 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Guruwala from nearby towns? - Paonta Sahib (sub-district HQ) 18 km by road - Nahan (district HQ) 63 km by road - Paonta Sahib (nearest town) 18 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Guruwala? 8 services counted by the Census are inside Guruwala; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Public bus service In village - ● Private bus service In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Primary school under 5 km · Singhpura - ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Bhagani - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Poanta Sahib - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Poanta Sahib - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary under 5 km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank under 5 km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water treated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Guruwala known for? The main crops are paddy, wheat and sugarcane. About 52% of the 197 hectares of village land is sown, and 56 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Guruwala Of every 100 households in Guruwala in 2011, 99 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 52 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 7 a car. ■ Guruwala · ■ Paonta Sahib rural average - Electricity for lighting 99% 96% - Toilet within the home 58% 54% - No toilet (open defecation) 42% 45% - Tap water 81% 65% - Drinking water within premises 48% 45% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 52% 32% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 48% 63% - Use banking services 90% 76% - Television 73% 63% - Mobile phone 49% 65% - Computer with internet 2% 2% - Two-wheeler 40% 31% - Car / jeep / van 7% 7% - None of these assets 5% 11% - Own their home 98% 88% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Guruwala? ■ Guruwala · ■ Paonta Sahib rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 76.0% 76.1% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 901 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1172 928 - Working population 42.5% 41.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.5% for men and 65.7% for women. 52% of men and 32% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 83 (39%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 30 (14%) · ■ Marginal 96 (45%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Paonta Sahib - Bharog Baneri 595 people - Mahrar 564 people - Danda 537 people - Ajauli 516 people - Up Sampda Batamandi 473 people - Lohgarh 465 people - Sirmauri Tal 464 people - Kandon Phagar 462 people All 146 villages in Paonta Sahib ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Guruwala? 173025 - How far is Guruwala from Nahan? 63 km by road - What is the population of Guruwala? 497 (Census 2011) - Which district is Guruwala in? Sirmaur district (Paonta Sahib sub-district), Himachal Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Guruwala? 76.0% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/sirmaur/paonta-sahib/guruwala/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.