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About Gumiyapal Village

Gumiyapal is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 539 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1941.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumiyapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumiyapal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 1941.26 hectares
Population 1,134
Male Population 539
Female Population 595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumiyapal compares

By the 2011 count Gumiyapal is the 12th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 1941.26 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Gumiyapal

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

Gumiyapal lies about 24 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 8.5 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 Gumiyapal
Nearest railway station Kirandul 8.5 km
Nearest town Bacheli 14 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 26 km

Villages closest to Gumiyapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumiyapal village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 12th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Gumiyapal village has 539 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumiyapal has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Gumiyapal is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumiyapal covers 1941.26 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.

Gumiyapal falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumiyapal is Kirandul, about 8.5 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 Gumiyapal.

Gumiyapal is about 24 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.

Gumiyapal is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 8.5 km away. Bacheli is about 14 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aalnar (2.6 km), Kutrem (3.3 km) and Taneli (3.4 km).

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

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