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About Gumanpur Village

Gumanpur is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 292 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumanpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 435.3 hectares
Population 563
Male Population 292
Female Population 271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumanpur compares

By the 2011 count Gumanpur is the 134th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 435.3 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Gumanpur

Gumanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gumanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gumanpur from other places

Gumanpur lies about 30 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, 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 Gumanpur
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 14 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 14 km
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 18 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 30 km

Villages closest to Gumanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumanpur village had a population of 563. That makes it the 134th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Gumanpur village has 292 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumanpur has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Gumanpur is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumanpur covers 435.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumanpur falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gumanpur is Jatkanhar, 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 <5 km distance for Gumanpur.

Gumanpur is about 30 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumanpur is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 14 km away. Khairāgarh is about 14 km away. Jatkanhar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khapri Kalar (2.0 km), Parsahi (2.2 km) and Bagaijhori (2.2 km).

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

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