Gehuma Bairiya (often written Gohuma Bairia) is a village and gram panchayat in the Phulparas block of Madhubani district, Bihar — part of the Kamala–Balan plain of eastern Mithila, a short distance south of the Nepal border. Despite the word “village,” it is a sizeable settlement: the 2011 Census recorded a population of about 10,514 across roughly 2,087 households, with a literacy rate near 68% and an area of about 1,094 hectares. It is the seat of its own panchayat (Gohuma Bairia G.P.).
The village sits in the wider Jhanjharpur–Ghoghardiha tract, with Jhanjharpur (~19 km) and Ghoghardiha (~22 km) the nearest market towns and Madhubani the district headquarters. The nearest railheads are Vachaspati Nagar and Lalit Lakshmipur, with Jhanjharpur Junction and Ghoghardiha on the broader line; its post office is Ghoghardiha (PIN 847402), and it falls in the Rajnagar (SC) assembly segment of the Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency. The Sakri and Kamala (Kamala-Balan) rivers water this part of the plain.
The everyday language is Maithili, and the village lies squarely within the heartland of Mithila (Madhubani) painting and the agrarian rhythm of paddy, fish and pond that shapes village life across the region. Beyond these verified administrative and demographic facts, little is documented online about the village’s specific temples, ponds, fairs or notable residents — a reminder of how much of Mithila’s living heritage still rests in oral memory rather than the written record.