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About Tumla Village

Tumla is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 202 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 643.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tumla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tumla village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Bhairamgarh
Pincode 494441
Area (hectares) 643.03 hectares
Population 422
Male Population 202
Female Population 220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tumla compares

By the 2011 count Tumla is the 51st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 643.03 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Tumla

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

Tumla lies about 19 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 48 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 Tumla
District headquarters Bijapur 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhairamgarh 23 km
Nearest railway station Kamalur 48 km
Nearest town Bacheli 55 km

Villages closest to Tumla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tumla village had a population of 422. That makes it the 51st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Tumla village has 202 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tumla has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Tumla is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tumla covers 643.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tumla falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tumla is Kamalur, about 48 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 village for Tumla.

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

Tumla is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bijapur is about 19 km away. Bhairamgarh is about 23 km away. Kamalur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodepalli (under 2 km), Kompalli (under 2 km) and Gudma (2.3 km).

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

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