Gumla (District)
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| State | Jharkhand |
| Administrative headquarters : | Gumla |
| Area : | 5360 km² |
| Residents : | 1,025,213 (2011) |
| Population density : | 191 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.gumla.gov.in |
Gumla is a district in the Indian state of Jharkhand .
The area is 5360 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Gumla .
history
Before the district was founded in 1983, it was part of Ranchi District .
population
Population statistics have been available since 2001:
| year | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 832.447 | 1,025,213 |
The population was 1,025,213 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 23.16% and was therefore very high. Gumla has a gender ratio of 993 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 60.18% in 2011 , an increase of almost 17 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy is still well below the national average. Almost 30.2% of the population are Hindus , approx. 19.8% are Christians , approx. 5.0% are Muslims , approx. 0.1% are Buddhists and approx. 44.9% did not indicate any religious affiliation or practiced other Religions. 16.9% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 6.4% of the population live in cities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gumla District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
