# Gumda Village, Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Gumda

Gumda is a village in Gidam sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494441**. The 2011 Census counted **2,163 people in 484 households**, the 5th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.5%.

- 2,163people (2011)
- 484households
- 49.1%literacy
- 494441PIN code

## Gumda PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494441
- Gram panchayatGumda
- Community development blockGeedam
- Census village code450176

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

## How far is Gumda from nearby towns?

- Geedam (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)9 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)3 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 Gumda?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Gumda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 8 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Geedam
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, 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 Gumda known for?

The main crops are **paddy, kodo and maize**. Products made here include flour. About 44% of the 2,040 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gumda

Of every 100 households in Gumda in 2011, 25 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gumda · ■ Gidam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**5%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**26%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****53%**

**59%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gumda?

■ Gumda · ■ Gidam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.1%**

**46.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866**

**989

Working population ****38.5%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 34.7% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 361 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (6%) · **■** Other work 77 (9%) · **■** Marginal 347 (42%)

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

- Karli6,892 people
- Kasoli3,018 people
- Haram2,992 people
- Ghotpal2,617 people
- Faraspal1,838 people
- Badepaneda1,836 people
- Haurnar1,804 people
- Badetumnar1,795 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gumda?494441
- How far is Gumda from Dantewada?9 km by road
- What is the population of Gumda?2,163 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gumda in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Gidam sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gumda?49.1% (Census 2011)
