Village · Bahadurpur, Darbhanga
# Gehumi

Gehumi is a village in Bahadurpur sub-district of Darbhanga district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,804 people in 547 households, the 30th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.
- 2,804 people (2011)
- 547 households
- 59.9% literacy
- 830 females per 1,000 males

## Gehumi PIN code and other codes

Gehumi falls in Bahadurpur sub-district, Darbhanga district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Semra Nehalpur
- Community development block Bahadurpur
- Census village code 227363

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Gehumi from nearby towns?
- Bahadurpur (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Darbhanga (district HQ) 9 km by road
- Darbhanga (nearest town) 9 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Gehumi?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Gehumi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Internet / Common Service Centre In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Commercial bank In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Mahdauli
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM under 5 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gehumi known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 55% of the 130 hectares of village land is sown, and 69 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Gehumi

Of every 100 households in Gehumi in 2011, 29 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gehumi · ■ Bahadurpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 29% 22%
- Toilet within the home 22% 25%
- No toilet (open defecation) 74% 74%
- Tap water 2% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 30% 39%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 11% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 84% 88%
- Use banking services 76% 44%
- Television 21% 13%
- Mobile phone 69% 51%
- Computer with internet 2% 1%
- Two-wheeler 11% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 1%
- None of these assets 6% 26%
- Own their home 86% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gehumi?

■ Gehumi · ■ Bahadurpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.9% 57.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 830 891
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 819 907
- Working population 32.1% 29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 48.2% for women. 43% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 135 (15%) · ■ Farm labourers 171 (19%) · ■ Household industry 3 (0%) · ■ Other work 117 (13%) · ■ Marginal 473 (53%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bahadurpur
- Jalwara 2,981 people
- Kusothar 2,970 people
- Kokat 2,950 people
- Madhuban 2,831 people
- Bela Yakub 2,794 people
- Maniari 2,777 people
- Kapchhahi 2,762 people
- Rambhadarpur 2,709 people

All 171 villages in Bahadurpur

## Quick answers
- How far is Gehumi from Darbhanga? 9 km by road
- What is the population of Gehumi? 2,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gehumi in? Darbhanga district (Bahadurpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gehumi? 59.9% (Census 2011)

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