Gumla District - Population 2011-2024

An official Census 2011 detail of Gumla, a district of Jharkhand has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Jharkhand. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Gumla District of Jharkhand.

In 2011, Gumla had population of 1,025,213 of which male and female were 514,390 and 510,823 respectively. In 2001 census, Gumla had a population of 832,447 of which males were 418,784 and remaining 413,663 were females. Gumla District population constituted 3.11 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Gumla District was at 3.09 percent of Maharashtra population.

There was change of 23.16 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Gumla District recorded increase of 17.65 percent to its population compared to 1991.

Gumla Literacy Rate

Average literacy rate of Gumla in 2011 were 65.73 compared to 65.73 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 75.55 and 55.90 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 63.36 and 38.40 in Gumla District. Total literate in Gumla District were 559,720 of which male and female were 321,795 and 237,925 respectively. In 2001, Gumla District had 343,581 in its district.

Gumla Sex Ratio

With regards to Sex Ratio in Gumla, it stood at 993 per 1000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 988. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate. In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 963 girls per 1000 boys compared to figure of 975 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data.

Gumla District Religion Data

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Gumla Population 2011 - 2001

Gumla Child Population

In census enumeration, data regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected for all districts including Gumla. There were total 173,647 children under age of 0-6 against 157,977 of 2001 census. Of total 173,647 male and female were 88,472 and 85,175 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per census 2011 was 963 compared to 975 of census 2001. In 2011, Children under 0-6 formed 16.94 percent of Gumla District compared to 18.98 percent of 2001. There was net change of -2.04 percent in this compared to previous census of India.

Gumla Houseless Data

In 2011, total 151 families live on footpath or without any roof cover in Gumla district of Jharkhand. Total Population of all who lived without roof at the time of Census 2011 numbers to 567. This approx 0.055305580401341% of total population of Gumla district.

Gumla District Density

The initial provisional data released by census India 2011, shows that density of Gumla district for 2011 is 191 people per sq. km. In 2001, Gumla district density was at 157 people per sq. km. Gumla district administers 5,360 square kilometers of areas.

Gumla District Urban/Rural 2011

Out of the total Gumla population for 2011 census, 6.35 percent lives in urban regions of district. In total 65,081 people lives in urban areas of which males are 33,255 and females are 31,826. Sex Ratio in urban region of Gumla district is 957 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in Gumla district was 933 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 8,450 of which males and females were 4,372 and 4,078. This child population figure of Gumla district is 13.15 % of total urban population. Average literacy rate in Gumla district as per census 2011 is 87.79 % of which males and females are 92.19 % and 83.20 % literates respectively. In actual number 49,715 people are literate in urban region of which males and females are 26,628 and 23,087 respectively.

As per 2011 census, 93.65 % population of Gumla districts lives in rural areas of villages. The total Gumla district population living in rural areas is 960,132 of which males and females are 481,135 and 478,997 respectively. In rural areas of Gumla district, sex ratio is 996 females per 1000 males. If child sex ratio data of Gumla district is considered, figure is 964 girls per 1000 boys. Child population in the age 0-6 is 165,197 in rural areas of which males were 84,100 and females were 81,097. The child population comprises 17.48 % of total rural population of Gumla district. Literacy rate in rural areas of Gumla district is 64.16 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise, male and female literacy stood at 74.34 and 53.99 percent respectively. In total, 510,005 people were literate of which males and females were 295,167 and 214,838 respectively.

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City/Metros in Gumla District