About Gumki Village

Gumki is a mid sized village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 607 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gumki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumki village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Mandirbazar
Pincode	743336
Area (hectares)	90.47 hectares
Population	1,167
Male Population	607
Female Population	560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gumki compares

By the 2011 count Gumki is the 47th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 90.47 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Gumki

Gumki is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gumki 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gumki from other places

Gumki lies about 10 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmikantapur, about 5.2 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 Gumki
Nearest railway station	Lakshmikantapur	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandirbazar	10 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	10 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	12 km

Villages closest to Gumki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumki village had a population of 1,167. That makes it the 47th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Gumki village has 607 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumki has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Gumki is 743336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gumki covers 90.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gumki falls under Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gumki is Lakshmikantapur, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gumki.

Gumki is about 10 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumki is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Lakshmikantapur is about 5.2 km away. Mandirbazar is about 10 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.