| Voice of Gumla : Dr.
Pankaj Das

Gumla is a poverty stricken district.
Women are oppressed by men in nearly all aspects of life. They are
denied basic human rights of health, education, sanitation. They
are still not empowered and independent.
Migration is a very common phenomenon in our district.
If the administration considers Gumla district as a special case
and spend more time, funds and energy, then this district will surely
come up
Gumla District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 9077.0 Km2
Population in Gumla (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1025656
Male : 514730
Female : 510926
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 22757
In seeing : 9306
In speech : 1882
In hearing : 1651
In movement : 7363
Mental : 2555
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 5
Sex Ratio Rank : 493
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 394 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 488 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
District affected by Left Wing Extremism

Brief About Gumla District
Long ago Gumla was a small hamlet . It was known
as a fair place GAU- MELA . This fair took place once in a year
and continues for one week. Here all items of daily use, utensils
, ornaments, grains,cattle etc were sold & exchanged . Since
there was no other alternative to get the items , people make a
long list of items required during the year ( whether it is for
marriage ceremony or for any occasions ) and buy them in this MELA.
People from distant places used to come here for buying & selling
cattle such as cows & bullocks for agricultural purposes . Gradually
people started to inhabit this place .It grew into a village and
got the name GUMLA as a derivative of GAU – MELA.
During medieval era Chhotanagpur region was reigned
by Kings of NAGA dynasty. BARAIK DEVENANDAN SINGH was given right
to rule over Gumla circle. It is said that during the KOLH REBEL
in 1931-32 , VAKTAR SAY had played a prominent role . GANGA MAHARAJ,
who built the KALI TEMPLE at Sri Ramnagar, had played active role
in QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT in 1942. For this great contribution for
Independence, he was honored with LIFE TIME PENSION
by government of India.
During British rule GUMLA was under LOHARDAGA district
.In 1843 it was brought under BISHUNPUR province that was further
named RANCHI .In fact Ranchi district came into existence in 1899.
In 1902 Gumla became Sub-division under Ranchi district.
On 18 MAY 1984 GUMLA DISTRICT came into existence
.Sri Jagannath Mishra then ruling chief minister of Bihar inaugurated
it and Sri Dwarika Nath Sinha acquired the post of 1st
deputy commissioner of the just born district.
It is a matter of great regret that GUMLA that
is a territory of great historical importance has not been brought
under research map.
PROFILE
OF GUMLA DISTRICT
Blessed with
nature’s beauty , the district of Gumla is covered
by dense forests, hills and rivers. It is situated in
the southwest portion of the Jharkhand State. The District was carved
out of Ranchi District on 18th May 1983. Previously it
was a sub-division of old Ranchi district. The district lies between
22°
35” to 23°
33” north latitude
and 84° 40” to 85°
1” east longitude.
The various legends
are in currency regarding its name . The most popular one ascribes to its word 'Gumla'
in Mundari language, which relates to the occupation of the local
Tribes in rice processing work (dhan-kutna). The second legend 'Gau-mela'
relates to cattle fair. Cattle fair was weekly held in Gumla town
every Tuesday. In rural areas, Nagpuri and Sadri people still call
it 'gomila'. Till
30th April 2001, Gumla district consisted on 2 sub-divisions
viz Gumla and Simdega. But after the creation of Jharkhand State
, a new district of Simdega was carved out of Gumla district on
30th April, 2001. Now, Gumla district consists of only
one sub-division namely Gumla. Total area of the district is about
5327 sq. km. The total population of district as per 1991 census
is 706489, out of which 355505 is male population and 350984 is
female population.There is
predominance of tribal people in Gumla district. The primitive
tribe’s population is 11283, SC population is 24329, ST population
is 476316, and BC population is 132610 and others population is
61951. Since obvious
that the district has a total of 68% of tribal population, therefore ,it comes within scheduled area .
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