About Bhumka Village

Bhumka is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 450 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhumka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhumka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494336
Area (hectares)	467.54 hectares
Population	906
Male Population	450
Female Population	456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhumka compares

By the 2011 count Bhumka is the 36th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 467.54 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Bhumka

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

Bhumka lies about 76 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 57 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 Bhumka
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	8.9 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	25 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	57 km
District headquarters	Bastar	76 km

Villages closest to Bhumka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhumka village had a population of 906. That makes it the 36th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Bhumka village has 450 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhumka has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Bhumka is 494336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhumka covers 467.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhumka falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhumka is Antagarh, about 57 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bhumka.

Bhumka is about 76 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhumka is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 8.9 km away. Kondagaon is about 25 km away. Antagarh is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.