About Guma Village

Guma is a mid sized village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,942, made up of 1,021 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	264 hectares
Population	1,942
Male Population	1,021
Female Population	921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guma compares

By the 2011 count Guma is the 22nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 264 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Guma

Guma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Guma as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guma from other places

Guma lies about 16 km from Poreyahat, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 2.5 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 Guma
Nearest railway station	Godda	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	16 km

Villages closest to Guma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guma village had a population of 1,942. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Guma village has 1,021 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guma has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Guma is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guma covers 264 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Guma falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Guma is Godda, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Guma.

Guma is about 16 km from Poreyahat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guma is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about 2.5 km away. Poreyahat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.