About Thumba Village

Thumba is a large village in Bangarupalem tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,278, made up of 1,139 males and 1,139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 517416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thumba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thumba village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
Tehsil	Bangarupalem
Pincode	517416
Area (hectares)	480 hectares
Population	2,278
Male Population	1,139
Female Population	1,139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thumba compares

By the 2011 count Thumba is the 14th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,711 residents. Its 480 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Thumba

Thumba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thumba as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thumba from other places

Thumba lies about 19 km from Chittoor. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Thumba
Tehsil headquarters	Bangarupalem	7.0 km
District headquarters	Chittoor	19 km

Villages closest to Thumba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bangarupalem tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Thumba

As per the Census of India 2011, Thumba village had a population of 2,278. That makes it the 14th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,711 residents.

Thumba village has 1,139 males and 1,139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thumba has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Thumba is 517416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thumba covers 480 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thumba falls under Bangarupalem tehsil of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

The census record for Thumba notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Thumba.

Thumba is about 19 km from Chittoor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thumba is in Bangarupalem tehsil of Chittoor district. Bangarupalem is about 7.0 km away. Chittoor is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.