Gomia
Sign in to saveGomia (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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Place details
- Locality
- Tilaiya
- Region
- Jharkhand
- Country
- India
- Population
- 48,141
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bokaro district
- Elevation
- +238
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Location
- Area overview
- Civic administration
- Police station
- Demographics
- Infrastructure
- Transport
- Tourism
- References
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).
==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.