Gomia (also spelled Gumia) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. Overview Bokaro district, a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, has undulating surface with the altitude varying between 200 and 282 m. Topographically, the entire area is divided into three parts – the Bokaro uplands in the west, the Bokaro-Chas uplands in the middle and Barakar basin in the east. The general slope of the region is from the west to the east. The main rivers are the Damodar, Garga, Parga, Konar and Gobei. The district, covered with hills and forests, is a mining-industrial area. With the construction of the gigantic Bokaro Steel Plant in the nineteen sixties, it has become the focal point of this district. Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Bokaro was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state. , Bokaro was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. Geography Gomia is located at . Gomia CD block is bounded by Bishnugarh and Tati Jhariya CD blocks, in Hazaribagh district, on the north, Bermo and Petarwar CD blocks on the east, Gola, Chitarpur and Ramgarh CD blocks, in Ramgarh district on the south and Mandu CD block, in Ramgarh district, on the west. Gomia CD block has an area of 650.70 km2. It has 36 gram panchayats, 135 villages and 5 census towns. Gomia and Mahuatand police stations are located in this CD block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Gomia. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Gumia CD block had a total population of 231,185, of which 130,898 were rural and 100,287 were urban. There were 118,918 (51%) males and 112,267 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 35,144. Scheduled Castes numbered 28,774 (12.45%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 46,327 (20.04%). Gomia CD block has several census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Gomia (48,145), Hasir (11,195), Lalpania (3,659), Saram (15,212) and Tenudam-cum-Kathara (22,080). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Gomia CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Hurlung (4,028), Barkipunu (6,986) and Kodwatanr alias Bhitugarha (6,283). Literacy census the total number of literate persons in Gumia CD block was 128,206 (65.40% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 77,211 (76.62%