About Gamaria Village

Gamaria is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 230 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamaria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	91.79 hectares
Population	422
Male Population	230
Female Population	192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamaria compares

By the 2011 count Gamaria is the 109th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 91.79 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gamaria

Gamaria is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gamaria as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gamaria from other places

Gamaria lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 25 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 Gamaria
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	35 km
District headquarters	Dumka	35 km

Villages closest to Gamaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamaria village had a population of 422. That makes it the 109th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Gamaria village has 230 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamaria has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Gamaria is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamaria covers 91.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamaria falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamaria is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 25 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gamaria.

Gamaria is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamaria is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 25 km away. Masalia is about 35 km away. Dumka is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.