About Gumalnar Village

Gumalnar is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 417 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1506.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumalnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumalnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	1506.02 hectares
Population	897
Male Population	417
Female Population	480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumalnar compares

By the 2011 count Gumalnar is the 28th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 1506.02 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Gumalnar

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

Gumalnar lies about 41 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 21 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 Gumalnar
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	19 km
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	21 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	41 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	42 km

Villages closest to Gumalnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumalnar village had a population of 897. That makes it the 28th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Gumalnar village has 417 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumalnar has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Gumalnar is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumalnar covers 1506.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumalnar falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumalnar is Dantewara, about 21 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 Gumalnar.

Gumalnar is about 41 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumalnar is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 19 km away. Dantewara is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.