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Gumla district

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district of Jharkhand, India

Key facts

Country
India
State
Jharkhand
Administrative division
South Chotanagpur division
Headquarters
Gumla
Deputy commissioner
Karn Satyarthi ( IAS )
Total
5,327 km (2,057 sq mi)
Density
193/km (500/sq mi)
Official
Hindi
Regional
Sadri , Kurukh , kharia
Literacy
65.73%
Time zone
UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Iso 3166 code
IN-JH
Vehicle registration
JH 07
Lok sabha
Lohardaga (shared with Lohardaga district )
Website
gumla .nic .in

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
India
Capital
Gumla
Population
1025213
Area
5327
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Shares border with
Lohardaga district
Official website
gumla.nic.in
Households
188988
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topic's main category
Category:Gumla district
male population
514390
female population
510823
urban population
65081
rural population
960132
literate population
559720
illiterate population
465493
native label
गुमला जिला
inception
1984-05-18
short name
GML
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Encyclopedic overview

Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gumla district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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