| Gunachaur | |
| Native Name Lang: | pan |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.1443°N 75.9784°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 254 |
| Population Total: | 3808[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 1986/1822 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144505 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01823 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Banga[2] |
Gunachaur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Banga, from Mukandpur, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Gunachaur has a total number of 784 houses and population of 3808 of which 1986 include are males while 1822 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Gunachaur is 78.86%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 383 which is 10.06% of total population of Gunachaur, and child sex ratio is approximately 877 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 69.33% of total population in Gunachaur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 1237 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Gunachaur which includes 1096 males and 141 females. According to census survey report 2011, 86.50% workers describe their work as main work and 13.50% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges.[6] Lovely Professional University is away from the village.
Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located away 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 away in Amritsar.[7]