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About Kumguri Village

Kumguri is a mid sized village in Kokrajhar tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 667 males and 639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.74 hectares hectares.

Kumguri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumguri village
Description Value
State Assam
District Chirang
Tehsil Kokrajhar
Area (hectares) 280.74 hectares
Population 1,306
Male Population 667
Female Population 639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 958
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumguri compares

By the 2011 count Kumguri is the 42nd largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 280.74 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Kumguri

Kumguri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kumguri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kumguri from other places

Kumguri lies about 40 km from Chirang, and the nearest railway station is Chautara, about 17 km away. 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 Kumguri
Nearest railway station Chautara 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Kokrajhar 19 km
District headquarters Chirang 40 km

Villages closest to Kumguri

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

Common questions about Kumguri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumguri village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Kumguri village has 667 males and 639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumguri has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Kumguri covers 280.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kumguri falls under Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Kumguri is Chautara, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kumguri.

Kumguri is about 40 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumguri is in Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district. Chautara is about 17 km away. Kokrajhar is about 19 km away. Chirang is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakhin Patgaon (8.1 km), Pachim Patgaon (8.1 km) and Uttar Patgaon (8.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kumguri today is likely to be higher.

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