About Gumla District

Gumla District is one among 24 Districts of Jharkhand State ,India. Gumla District Administrative head quarter is Gumla. It is is Located 99 KM East towards State capital Ranchi . Gumla District population is 1025656. It is 16 th Largest District in the State by population.

Geography and Climate Gumla District

It is Located at Latitude-23.0, Longitude-84.5. Gumla District is sharing border with Jashpur District to the west , Khunti District to the East , Lohardaga District to the North , Ranchi District to the East , Simdega District to the South . It is sharing Border with Chattisgarh State to the west . Gumla District occupies an area of approximately 5327 square kilometres. . Its in the 694 meters to 452 meters elevation range.This District belongs to Hindi Belt India .

Climate of Gumla District

It is Hot in summer. Gumla District summer highest day temperature is in between 28 ° C to 42° C .
Average temperatures of January is 16 ° C , February is 20 ° C , March is 25 ° C , April is 29 ° C , May is 33 ° C .

DemoGraphics of Gumla District

Nagpuri is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks Hindi, Oriya, Bihari, Kurukh. . Gumla District is divided into 11 Blocks , 150 Panchayats , 1910 Villages. Bishunpur Block is the Smallest Block by population with 49873 population. Gumla Block is the Biggest Block by population with 165508 population.

Census 2011 of Gumla District

Gumla district Total population is 1025656 according to census 2011.Males are 514629 and Females are 511027 .Literate people are 678574 among total.Its total area is 5327 km². It is the 16 th largest district in the state by Population . But 3 rd Largest District in the state By Area. 434 th Largest District in the Country By Population. 11 th highest District in the State By literacy rate. 455 th highest District in the Country By literacy rate.its literacy Rate is 66.92

Gumla District Tourism

Gumla , Panch Pandava Pahar , Tanginath , Mahadev Kona , Rajadera , Taraloya Waterfalls , Devaki , Basudeokona , are the Tourist destinations to Visit.

Gumla Transport

Road Transport

District Headquarters Gumla is well connected by road . Gumla is about 99 KM by road to Ranchi( Capital of Jharkhand )

Rail Transport

Some of the rail way stations in district are Kurkura , Pakra .... which connects most of the towns and villages in the District.

Bus Transport