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About Gumdel Village

Gumdel is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 783, made up of 411 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumdel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumdel village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494221
Area (hectares) 214.77 hectares
Population 783
Male Population 411
Female Population 372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumdel compares

By the 2011 count Gumdel is the 74th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 214.77 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Gumdel

Gumdel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gumdel as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gumdel from other places

Gumdel lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 8.7 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 Gumdel
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 8.7 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 20 km
District headquarters Bastar 20 km

Villages closest to Gumdel

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bakavand 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 Gumdel

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumdel village had a population of 783. That makes it the 74th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Gumdel village has 411 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumdel has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Gumdel is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumdel covers 214.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gumdel falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumdel is Nakti Semara, about 8.7 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gumdel.

Gumdel is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumdel is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 8.7 km away. Jagdalpur is about 10 km away. Bakavand is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuruspal (1.6 km), Balputi (2.2 km) and Rampal (2.2 km).

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

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