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About Gumti Khurd Village

Gumti Khurd is a large village in Jaitu tehsil, in the district of Faridkot, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,330, made up of 1,249 males and 1,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1052 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumti Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumti Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Faridkot
Tehsil Jaitu
Pincode 151202
Area (hectares) 1052 hectares
Population 2,330
Male Population 1,249
Female Population 1,081
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gumti Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Gumti Khurd is the 27th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents. Its 1052 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Gumti Khurd

Gumti Khurd is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gumti Khurd as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gumti Khurd from other places

Gumti Khurd lies about 31 km from Faridkot, and the nearest railway station is Gangsar Jaito, about 3.4 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 Gumti Khurd
Nearest railway station Gangsar Jaito 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaitu 3.9 km
Nearest town Jaito 3.9 km
District headquarters Faridkot 31 km

Villages closest to Gumti Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaitu 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 Gumti Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumti Khurd village had a population of 2,330. That makes it the 27th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents.

Gumti Khurd village has 1,249 males and 1,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumti Khurd has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Gumti Khurd is 151202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumti Khurd covers 1052 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gumti Khurd falls under Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gumti Khurd is Gangsar Jaito, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gumti Khurd.

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

Gumti Khurd is in Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district. Gangsar Jaito is about 3.4 km away. Jaitu is about 3.9 km away. Jaito is about 3.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramgarh (2.5 km), Chand Bhan (3.6 km) and Jaitu (3.9 km).

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

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