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About Gumadpal Village

Gumadpal is a mid sized village in Darbha tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,067, made up of 529 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 968.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumadpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumadpal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Darbha
Pincode 492015
Area (hectares) 968.48 hectares
Population 1,067
Male Population 529
Female Population 538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumadpal compares

By the 2011 count Gumadpal is the 25th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 968.48 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Gumadpal

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

Gumadpal lies about 79 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 33 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 Gumadpal
Tehsil headquarters Darbha 28 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 33 km
Nearest town Bacheli 34 km
District headquarters Bastar 79 km

Villages closest to Gumadpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumadpal village had a population of 1,067. That makes it the 25th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Gumadpal village has 529 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumadpal has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Gumadpal is 492015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumadpal covers 968.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumadpal falls under Darbha tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumadpal is Kirandul, about 33 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 village for Gumadpal.

Gumadpal is about 79 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumadpal is in Darbha tehsil of Bastar district. Darbha is about 28 km away. Kirandul is about 33 km away. Bacheli is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagadpal (under 2 km), Mamdpal (under 2 km) and Munga (6.8 km).

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

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