Gumla District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Gumla is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 12 Taluks, 946 villages and 3 towns in Gumla district.

As per the Census India 2011, Gumla district has 188,988 households, population of 1,025,213 of which 514,390 are males and 510,823 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 173,647 which is 16.94% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Gumla district is around 993 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Gumla district is 54.6% out of which 62.56% males are literate and 46.58% females are literate. The total area of Gumla is 5,360 sq.km with population density of 191 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 93.65% of population lives in Urban area and 6.35% lives in Rural area. There are 3.17% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 68.94% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Gumla district.

Gumla Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,025,213	100%
Other religions and persuasions	457,468	44.62%
Hindu	309,563	30.19%
Christian	202,449	19.75%
Muslim	51,429	5.02%
Religion not stated	3,529	0.34%
Buddhist	531	0.05%
Sikh	221	0.02%
Jain	23	0%

Gumla Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	27	5,333
Number of households	12,355	176,633
Total Population	65,081	960,132
Population (%)	51.1%	49.89%
Male Population	33,255	481,135
Female Population	31,826	478,997
Sex Ratio	957	996
Literacy (%)	76.39%	53.12%

List of Taluks in Gumla

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Gumla district, Jharkhand

Gumla Population Facts

Number of Households	188,988
Population	1,025,213
Male Population	514,390 (50.17%)
Female Population	510,823 (49.83%)
Children Population	173,647
Area	5,360 km2
Population density/km2	191
Sex-ratio	993
Literacy	54.6%
Male Literacy	62.56%
Female Literacy	46.58%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	68.94%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	3.17%