In the Indian state of Bihar, the Gurua community development block serves as an administrative entity within the Gaya district. One of the 24 blocks that make up the Gaya district, it is located in a rural/urban area of Bihar. There are 29,938[when?] families and 175 settlements in the block (#486). Gurua has 184,286 residents according to the 2011 census, of which 94,987 are men and 892,99 are women. 34,095 children under the age of six live in this block (17,388 boys and 16,707 girls). Gurua has a 52% literacy rate, with a higher percentage of literate men (60%) than literate women (43%).