About Gumain Village

Gumain is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 122 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,426 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumain village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246001
Area (hectares)	130.86 hectares
Population	296
Male Population	122
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,426
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumain compares

By the 2011 count Gumain is the 89th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 130.86 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Gumain

Gumain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gumain 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gumain from other places

Gumain lies about 11 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Gumain
District headquarters	Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	31 km

Villages closest to Gumain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumain village had a population of 296. That makes it the 89th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Gumain village has 122 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumain has about 1426 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Gumain is 246001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumain covers 130.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gumain falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gumain is Kotdwara, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gumain.

Gumain is about 11 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumain is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 11 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.