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About Kusumjhar Village

Kusumjhar is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 583 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kusumjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusumjhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Dabhra
Pincode 495688
Area (hectares) 368.47 hectares
Population 1,183
Male Population 583
Female Population 600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kusumjhar compares

By the 2011 count Kusumjhar is the 45th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 368.47 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Kusumjhar

Kusumjhar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kusumjhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kusumjhar from other places

Kusumjhar lies about 54 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 25 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 Kusumjhar
Tehsil headquarters Dabhra 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Kharsia 25 km
Nearest town Saktī 30 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 54 km

Villages closest to Kusumjhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kusumjhar village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 45th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Kusumjhar village has 583 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusumjhar has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Kusumjhar is 495688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kusumjhar covers 368.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusumjhar falls under Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kusumjhar is Kharsia, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kusumjhar.

Kusumjhar is about 54 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusumjhar is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 2.7 km away. Kharsia is about 25 km away. Saktī is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantpur (under 2 km), Khurghatti (under 2 km) and Thangan (2.3 km).

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

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