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About Gumal Gaon Chota Village

Gumal Gaon Chota is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 60 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumal Gaon Chota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumal Gaon Chota village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 131 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 60
Female Population 71
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 Gumal Gaon Chota compares

By the 2011 count Gumal Gaon Chota is the 107th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Gumal Gaon Chota

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

Gumal Gaon Chota 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 Chota
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 Chota

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 Chota

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumal Gaon Chota village had a population of 131. That makes it the 107th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Gumal Gaon Chota village has 60 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumal Gaon Chota has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Gumal Gaon Chota covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gumal Gaon Chota 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 Chota.

Gumal Gaon Chota 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 Chota 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 Bara (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 Chota today is likely to be higher.

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