Gomia

Gomia (also spelled as Gumia) is a census town in the Gomia CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The modern name is a transformation of Gumia over the years. Though, today, it is still listed as Gumia by the South Eastern Railway (India) (station code GMIA).

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Locality: Tilaiya
Region: Jharkhand
Country: India
Population: 48,141
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Settlement.name: Gomia
Settlement.other_name: Gumia
Settlement.settlement_type: Census Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Jharkhand#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Jharkhand, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jharkhand
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bokaro
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 26.11
Settlement.elevation_m: 238
Settlement.population_total: 48,141
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages

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Elevation: 238
Dialing code: 6549

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postal code: 829111

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Geography
Location
Area overview
Civic administration
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Demographics
Infrastructure
Transport
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==History== Gomia took shape around the year 1956, when the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI as its popularly known as), set up a commercial explosives (IEL) factory there. It was developed together a residential colony to house the 3500 employees that would work in the factory. Since then, Gomia has been known as an example of diversity - with people of different nationalities, cultures and religious beliefs coming together to write a new chapter in the history of the then Hazaribagh district. Since the late 1950s, it has switched districts twice, first becoming a part of Giridih and then becoming a part of Bokaro district.

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