GUMLA AT A GLANCE

Total Area (Sq.Km)

5327

Total Household

153420

Total Rural HH

146909

Total Urban HH

6511

Total villages

948

Inhabited villages

944

Uninhabited villages

04

Number of Panchayats

159 rural+ 1Municipality

Numbers of urban wards

20

Number of CD Blocks

12

No of Assembly Segments

03

No of Subdivision

01

No of Railway Stations

None

No of Post Offices

113 (H.O 1; BRANCH OFFICE 101; SUB OFFICE 11)

No. of Banks

48 Govt. Commercial banks, 18 Rural banks, 11 Cooperative banks, and 2 Private banks

Metaled Roads

597.78 kms.

National Highway Roads

115 kms.

State Highway Roads

127 kms.

No of major News Papers

HINDUSTAN, DAINIK BHASKAR, DAINIK JAGARAN, PRABHAT KHABAR- Hindi edition

HINDUSTAN TIMES, TIMES OF INDIA- English edition

POPULATION

Source (2001census)

No %

Source (2011 census)

No %

Total population

832447

100

1025656

100

Rural Population

792686

95.2

Urban Population

39761

4.8

Male Population

418784

50.3

514730

50.2

Female Population

413663

49.7

510926

49.8

Population of Scheduled Caste

27088

3.3

Population of Scheduled Tribe

559772

67.2

Population - Others

245587

29.5

Population of children (0-6 yrs.)

168241

16.40

Proportion to Jharkhand population

3.11%

Density of population (per sq.Km)

148

193

Decadal growth rate

16.6 (1991-2001)

23.21 (2001-2011)

Sex Ratio

987

993

Sex Ratio (0-6 yrs)

975

955

Workers

Male

Female

Total

Source

Total workers

214306

178445

392751

Census2001

Main workers

176540

88537

265077

Census2001

Marginal Workers

37866

89708

127574

Census2001

Cultivators

130395

70231

200625

Census2001

Agricultural Workers

13147

9290

22437

Census2001

BPL Population ( families)

87546

EDUCATION

Source

(2001census) NO. %

Source

(2011census)

%

Total Literate

343581

50.9

66.92

Literacy rate (M)

214682

63.4

76.87

Literacy rate (F)

128899

38.4

56.97

Total Literacy rate (Rural)

37.80

Literacy rate SC

38.4

Literacy rate ST

56.46

LAND RESOURCES, RAINFALL

IN HECTARES

Total area

529546.15

Net Cultivated area

329600

Forest land

135600

Net Irrigated area

22056

Cultivable waste land

31958

Non cultivable land

38226

Annual average rainfall

1100 mm.

ELECTRICITY, WATER & TOILETS

No

%

Villages with Electricity

579

61.33

Habitations fully covered with drinking water facility

3835

84.63

IHHL constructed under TSC

61273

30.80

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

North Latitude

22º35" to 23º33"

East Longitude

84º40" to 85º1"