About Gumjhir Village

Gumjhir is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 235 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumjhir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumjhir village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Antagarh
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	445.6 hectares
Population	434
Male Population	235
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumjhir compares

By the 2011 count Gumjhir is the 63rd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 445.6 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Gumjhir

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

Gumjhir lies about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Gumjhir
Nearest town	Kānker	16 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Antagarh	25 km

Villages closest to Gumjhir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumjhir village had a population of 434. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Gumjhir village has 235 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumjhir has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Gumjhir is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumjhir covers 445.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumjhir falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Gumjhir notes the nearest railway station 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 Gumjhir.

Gumjhir is about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumjhir is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 16 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Antagarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.