 census the total number of literates in Gumia CD Block was 128,206 (65.40% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 77,211 (76.62% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 50,995 (53.53% of the female population over 6 years).The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 23.09%.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.