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About Kumharawand Village

Kumharawand is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 207 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumharawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumharawand village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 125.87 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 207
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumharawand compares

By the 2011 count Kumharawand is the 80th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 125.87 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Kumharawand

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

Kumharawand lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 6.0 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 Kumharawand
Nearest railway station Amagura 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 9.7 km
District headquarters Bastar 22 km

Villages closest to Kumharawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumharawand village had a population of 421. That makes it the 80th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Kumharawand village has 207 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumharawand has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Kumharawand is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumharawand covers 125.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kumharawand falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kumharawand is Amagura, about 6.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kumharawand.

Kumharawand is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumharawand is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 6.0 km away. Jagdalpur is about 9.7 km away. Bastar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Morathpalli (1.7 km), Palli (1.7 km) and Kalcha (2.0 km).

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

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