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About Ghumania Village

Ghumania is a small village in Ratua I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 36 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghumania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghumania village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Maldah
Tehsil Ratua I
Pincode 732205
Area (hectares) 50.4 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 36
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
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 Ghumania compares

By the 2011 count Ghumania is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents. Its 50.4 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Ghumania

Ghumania is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghumania 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. The nearest villages by name are Durgapur, Dwitiya Balupur, Faridpur and Gadai Maharajpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ghumania

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghumania village had a population of 64. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents.

Ghumania village has 36 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghumania has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Ghumania is 732205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghumania covers 50.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghumania falls under Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The census record for Ghumania notes the nearest railway station 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 Ghumania.

Ghumania is in Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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