# Gura Village, Gurbandha, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Gurbandha, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Gura

Gura is a village in Gurbandha sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **498 people in 96 households**, the 34th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.0%.

- 498people (2011)
- 96households
- 53.1%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Gura PIN code and other codes

Gura falls in Gurbandha sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Community development blockGurbandha
- Census village code364187

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

## How far is Gura from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)28 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)30 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 Gura?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Gura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Jiyan
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bahragora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 9 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 Gura known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 40% of the 245 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Gura

Of every 100 households in Gura in 2011, 99 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gura · ■ Gurbandha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**98%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**100%

Use banking services ****78%**

**45%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****2%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gura?

■ Gura · ■ Gurbandha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.1%**

**55.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1220**

**933

Working population ****61.0%**

**49.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.2% for men and 40.8% for women. 59% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 303 (100%)

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 Gurbandha

- Jiyan560 people
- Tal Pathar Para544 people
- Kenduapal512 people
- Larkabasa508 people
- Asanbani481 people
- Makri466 people
- Jambani457 people
- Muchrishol439 people

[All 93 villages in Gurbandha](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/gurbandha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gura from Jamshedpur?28 km by road
- What is the population of Gura?498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gura in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Gurbandha sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gura?53.1% (Census 2011)