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About Gormara Village

Gormara is a mid sized village in Barama tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,177, made up of 628 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 781346, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gormara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gormara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Barama
Pincode 781346
Area (hectares) 250.15 hectares
Population 1,177
Male Population 628
Female Population 549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gormara compares

By the 2011 count Gormara is the 24th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 250.15 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Gormara

Gormara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gormara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gormara from other places

Gormara lies about 13 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Ghograpar, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gormara
District headquarters Baksa 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Barama 15 km
Nearest railway station Ghograpar 16 km
Nearest town Nalbāri 17 km

Villages closest to Gormara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barama tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gormara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gormara village had a population of 1,177. That makes it the 24th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Gormara village has 628 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gormara has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Gormara is 781346. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gormara covers 250.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gormara falls under Barama tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Gormara is Ghograpar, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gormara.

Gormara is about 13 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gormara is in Barama tehsil of Baksa district. Baksa is about 13 km away. Barama is about 15 km away. Ghograpar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadamtola (2.0 km), Borjhar (13 km) and Akhara (14 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gormara today is likely to be higher.

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