About Guma Village

Guma is a mid sized village in Bilha tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 535 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Bilha
Pincode	495224
Area (hectares)	361.71 hectares
Population	1,044
Male Population	535
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guma compares

By the 2011 count Guma is the 50th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents. Its 361.71 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Guma

Guma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guma from other places

Guma lies about 17 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 6.8 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 Guma
Nearest railway station	Belha	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bilha	8.9 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	17 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	17 km

Villages closest to Guma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guma village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 50th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents.

Guma village has 535 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guma has about 951 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 978.

The pincode recorded for Guma is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guma covers 361.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guma falls under Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Guma is Belha, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Guma.

Guma is about 17 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guma is in Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 6.8 km away. Bilha is about 8.9 km away. Bilaspur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.