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About Gumpu Village

Gumpu is a small village in Kuchai tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 22 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumpu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumpu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kuchai
Pincode 833101
Area (hectares) 79 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 22
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumpu compares

By the 2011 count Gumpu is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gumpu

Gumpu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gumpu 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gumpu from other places

Gumpu lies about 17 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 15 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 Gumpu
Tehsil headquarters Kuchai 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 15 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 17 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 25 km

Villages closest to Gumpu

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

Common questions about Gumpu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumpu village had a population of 42. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Gumpu village has 22 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumpu has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gumpu is 833101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumpu covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumpu falls under Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gumpu is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gumpu.

Gumpu is about 17 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumpu is in Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kuchai is about 3.8 km away. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 15 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Champad (under 2 km), Bara Bandi (under 2 km) and Chotabandi (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gumpu today is likely to be higher.

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