Village · Bankhedi, Hoshangabad # Guma Guma is a village in Bankhedi sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 300 people in 62 households, the 109th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%. - 300 people (2011) - 62 households - 57.3% literacy - 923 females per 1,000 males ## Guma PIN code and other codes Guma falls in Bankhedi sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. - Community development block Bankhedi - Census village code 487942 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Guma from nearby towns? - Bankhedi (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road - Hoshangabad (district HQ) 115 km by road - Pipariya (nearest town) 42 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Guma? 4 services counted by the Census are inside Guma; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● ASHA health worker In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bankhedi - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Pipariya - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Hoshangabad - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - 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 Guma known for? The main crops are soyabean, wheat and chana. About 89% of the 203 hectares of village land is sown, and 172 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Guma Of every 100 households in Guma in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Guma · ■ Bankhedi rural average - Electricity for lighting 0% 59% - Toilet within the home 5% 25% - No toilet (open defecation) 95% 74% - Tap water 0% 11% - Drinking water within premises 3% 26% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94% - Use banking services 0% 27% - Television 13% 24% - Mobile phone 31% 38% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 8% 16% - Car / jeep / van 0% 1% - None of these assets 51% 36% - Own their home 97% 96% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Guma? ■ Guma · ■ Bankhedi rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 57.3% 66.0% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 923 919 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1080 931 - Working population 56.0% 43.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 67.9% for men and 45.3% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 60 (36%) · ■ Farm labourers 101 (60%) · ■ Other work 3 (2%) · ■ Marginal 4 (2%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Bankhedi - Ghoghari Mattha 359 people - Padariya 342 people - Manakwada 341 people - Bamhori Kishore 327 people - Jogiwada 282 people - Chhirpani 273 people - Deori 259 people - Khapa Khurd 258 people All 125 villages in Bankhedi ## Quick answers - How far is Guma from Hoshangabad? 115 km by road - What is the population of Guma? 300 (Census 2011) - Which district is Guma in? Hoshangabad district (Bankhedi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Guma? 57.3% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/bankhedi/guma/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.