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{{distinguish|Gura, Nakodar}}
{{other uses|Gura (disambiguation)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gura
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1442493|N|75.8294874|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 240
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1108<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32655|title=Village Population per Census India|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 603/505 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144418
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01826
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
}}

'''Gura''' is a village in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 8.3 km away from [[Goraya]], 19 km from [[Phillaur]], 36.6 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 127 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].

== Demography ==
According to the report [[published]] by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]] , Gura has a total number of 231 houses and population of 1108 of which include 603 males and 505 females. [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] rate of Gura is 80.16%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 105 which is 9.48% of total population of Gura, and child sex ratio is approximately 750 lower than state average of 897.

Most of the people are from [[Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 69.49% of total population in Gura. The town does not have any [[Schedule Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.

As per census 2011, 380 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Gura which includes 340 males and 40 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95% workers describe their work as main work and 5% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
Goraya railway station is the nearest [[train station]]. However, Phagwara Junction [[train station]] is 13.5 km away from the village. The village is 50.3 km away from [[domestic airport]] in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest [[international airport]] is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is 131 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

Gura Jalandhar - Revision history

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