About Jalkumhi Village

Jalkumhi is a small village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 97 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1040 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalkumhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalkumhi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Magarlod
Pincode	492109
Area (hectares)	1040 hectares
Population	185
Male Population	97
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jalkumhi compares

By the 2011 count Jalkumhi is the 102nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 1040 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Jalkumhi

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

Jalkumhi lies about 44 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Rajim, about 29 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 Jalkumhi
Tehsil headquarters	Magarlod	13 km
Nearest railway station	Rajim	29 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	30 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	44 km

Villages closest to Jalkumhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalkumhi village had a population of 185. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Jalkumhi village has 97 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalkumhi has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Jalkumhi is 492109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalkumhi covers 1040 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jalkumhi falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Jalkumhi is Rajim, about 29 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 Jalkumhi.

Jalkumhi is about 44 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jalkumhi is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 13 km away. Rajim is about 29 km away. Nawāpāra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.