Pandit Nehru Memorial(pnm) College Gomoh

Gomoh consists of people from diverse religious and professional backgrounds. There are many young minds from this place who are making waves at the national/international levels. Some of them are studying at Indian Institutes of Technology.
A number of Anglo-Indians can be found here since the British era as a result of which Christians with their peaceful culture have a dominating effect on the local people. The Sikh community settled here before Independence as businessmen. A Gurudwara at Loco Bazar is visited by many Sikhs from surrounding areas everyday. Bengalis form a large part of the population and have contributed largely to the culture of this place. However, their population has been dwindling for the last few decades. On Durga Puja one can get a glimpse of Kolkata in Gomoh, specially at Durga Para, which is home to the oldest Durge Puja in the area. A majority of the people are railway employees (different grades) since Gomoh is a railway based town.There is a strong business class also in Gomoh. Businesses ranging from food grain wholesaling to clothes & apparel to building material (cement, bricks, iron rods etc.) to confectionery & bakery products etc. can be found. Though Marwaris are dominating the business scenario, one can find the representation of all the religious groups. Some people are also engaged in agriculture, growing certain cereals and vegetables.

Main festivals celebrated include Durga Puja (Dussehra), Dipawali, Holi, Chatth Puja, Id, Gurunanak Birthday, Christmas, etc.As far as educational institutions are concerned Gomoh fairs badly. There is one Kendriya Vidyalaya Gomoh K.V.Gomoh which is managed by the Railways. It is a prominent institute up to Standard XII. There are two other major CBSE schools up to Standard X such as St.Mary’s Day School Gomoh S.M.D.S.Gomoh and Guru Nanak Public School.There are other high schools which are affiliated to Jharkhand Academic Council(JAC) i.e. Azaad Hind High School, Bishop Rockey High School & St. John de Brito High School. One more thing which is particularly noticeble is that this small town has a school separately devoted to girls known as Girls High School. May be this is why girl literacy is here greater than many prominent cities of Jharkhand & also national girl literacy rate. Pandit Nehru Memorial (PNM) College caters to graduation level studies.
P.N.M. College, Gomoh is affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag