About Gamra Village

Gamra is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 235 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	116.2 hectares
Population	480
Male Population	235
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
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 Gamra compares

By the 2011 count Gamra is the 86th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 116.2 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gamra

Gamra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gamra 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 Gamra from other places

Gamra lies about 31 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 8.4 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 Gamra
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	8.4 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	31 km

Villages closest to Gamra

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 Gamra

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamra village had a population of 480. That makes it the 86th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Gamra village has 235 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamra has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Gamra covers 116.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamra falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamra is Harinsing, about 8.4 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 Gamra.

Gamra is about 31 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamra is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 8.4 km away. Rampur Hat is about 28 km away. Masalia is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.