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About Gumal Gaon Bara Village

Gumal Gaon Bara is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 49 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,694 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumal Gaon Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumal Gaon Bara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 209.71 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 49
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,694
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 Gumal Gaon Bara compares

By the 2011 count Gumal Gaon Bara is the 106th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 209.71 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1206.

Getting to Gumal Gaon Bara

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

Gumal Gaon Bara lies about 12 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Gumal Gaon Bara
District headquarters Garhwal 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 15 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 15 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 15 km

Villages closest to Gumal Gaon Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar 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 Gumal Gaon Bara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumal Gaon Bara village had a population of 132. That makes it the 106th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Gumal Gaon Bara village has 49 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumal Gaon Bara has about 1694 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Gumal Gaon Bara is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumal Gaon Bara covers 209.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumal Gaon Bara falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gumal Gaon Bara is Kotdwara, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gumal Gaon Bara.

Gumal Gaon Bara is about 12 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumal Gaon Bara is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 12 km away. Yamkeshwar is about 15 km away. Kotdwāra is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gumal Gaon Chota (under 2 km), Gahli (4.2 km) and Sigari (4.3 km).

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

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