About Gumalwada Village

Gumalwada is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 250 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 758.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumalwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumalwada village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	758.62 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	250
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumalwada compares

By the 2011 count Gumalwada is the 75th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 758.62 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Gumalwada

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

Gumalwada lies about 39 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 18 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 Gumalwada
Nearest railway station	Amagura	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	23 km
District headquarters	Bastar	39 km

Villages closest to Gumalwada

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

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Common questions about Gumalwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumalwada village had a population of 498. That makes it the 75th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Gumalwada village has 250 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumalwada has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Gumalwada is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumalwada covers 758.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumalwada falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumalwada is Amagura, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Gumalwada.

Gumalwada is about 39 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumalwada is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 18 km away. Jagdalpur is about 23 km away. Bastar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.