About Gurma Village

Gurma is a mid sized village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,145, made up of 565 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835232
Area (hectares)	442 hectares
Population	1,145
Male Population	565
Female Population	580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
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 Gurma compares

By the 2011 count Gurma is the 23rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 442 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Gurma

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

Gurma lies about 10 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 39 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 Gurma
District headquarters	Gumla	10 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	12 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	39 km

Villages closest to Gurma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurma village had a population of 1,145. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Gurma village has 565 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurma has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Gurma is 835232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurma covers 442 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurma falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gurma is Pokla, about 39 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 Gurma.

Gurma is about 10 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurma is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Gumla is about 10 km away. Gumlā is about 10 km away. Palkot is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.