# Gumalnar Village, Gidam – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Gumalnar

Gumalnar is a village in Gidam sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494441**. The 2011 Census counted **897 people in 235 households**, the 28th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.5%.

- 897people (2011)
- 235households
- 35.7%literacy
- 494441PIN code

## Gumalnar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gumalnar is 494441.** Gumalnar falls in Gidam sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494441
- Gram panchayatGumalnar
- Community development blockGeedam
- Census village code450144

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gumalnar from nearby towns?

- Geedam (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)40 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gumalnar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gumalnar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chhote Tumnar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gumalnar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kosra**. About 33% of the 1,506 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gumalnar

Of every 100 households in Gumalnar in 2011, 42 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gumalnar · ■ Gidam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****31%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****67%**

**59%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gumalnar?

■ Gumalnar · ■ Gidam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.7%**

**46.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1151**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**989

Working population ****64.2%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.0% for men and 26.9% for women. 60% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (17%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 415 (72%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gidam

- Katulnar1,081 people
- Nagul957 people
- Alnar900 people
- Mofalnar898 people
- Korkoti821 people
- Jodatarai808 people
- Pahurnar767 people
- Korlapal759 people

[All 67 villages in Gidam](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/gidam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gumalnar?494441
- How far is Gumalnar from Dantewada?40 km by road
- What is the population of Gumalnar?897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gumalnar in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Gidam sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gumalnar?35.7% (Census 2011)