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By population, Gumajharan ranks #51 of 92 villages in Mudulipada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gumajharan is a village of 222 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Mudulipada block, Malkangiri district, Odisha, the 51st-largest of 92 villages in Mudulipada block. Literacy is 62%, 28 points above the block average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Malkangiri district centre, 30 km from Machkunda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764052, served by Chitrakonda post office; the LGD village code is 430491. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mathili, 20 km away. The sarpanch is DAMBARU SISA, and the village votes in Chitrakonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangu Khilla. The population is estimated at 262 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Madkapadar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gumajharan · this village | 222 | 62% | — |
| Pakhanaguda · Mudulipada | 122 | 25% | 1.1 km SW |
| Sukuriput · Nandapur | 135 | 42% | 1.2 km N |
| Dokripada · Boipariguda | 110 | 4% | 2 km SE |
| Dombabeda · Mathili | 65 | 14% | 2 km N |
| Gariaguda · Kasinagar | 508 | 47% | 2.5 km W |
| Madkapadar · Mudulipada | 704 | 24% | 2.5 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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