About Gumapahar Village

Gumapahar is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 115 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumapahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Pincode	815109
Area (hectares)	323 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	115
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,183
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 Gumapahar compares

By the 2011 count Gumapahar is the 74th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 323 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Gumapahar

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

Gumapahar lies about 52 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 12 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 Gumapahar
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	10 km
Nearest railway station	Gumani	12 km
Nearest town	Farakka	21 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	52 km

Villages closest to Gumapahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumapahar village had a population of 251. That makes it the 74th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Gumapahar village has 115 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumapahar has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Gumapahar is 815109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumapahar covers 323 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumapahar falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gumapahar is Gumani, about 12 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 Gumapahar.

Gumapahar is about 52 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumapahar is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Pathna is about 10 km away. Gumani is about 12 km away. Farakka is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.