About Kushmaha Village

Kushmaha is a mid sized village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 244 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kushmaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kushmaha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Sonhat
Pincode	497339
Area (hectares)	297.79 hectares
Population	515
Male Population	244
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kushmaha compares

By the 2011 count Kushmaha is the 27th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 297.79 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Kushmaha

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

Kushmaha lies about 20 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Baikunthpur Rd, about 12 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 Kushmaha
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhat	7.5 km
Nearest town	Shivpur Charcha	11 km
Nearest railway station	Baikunthpur Rd	12 km
District headquarters	Koriya	20 km

Villages closest to Kushmaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kushmaha village had a population of 515. That makes it the 27th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Kushmaha village has 244 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kushmaha has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Kushmaha is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kushmaha covers 297.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kushmaha falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kushmaha is Baikunthpur Rd, about 12 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 Kushmaha.

Kushmaha is about 20 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kushmaha is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district. Sonhat is about 7.5 km away. Shivpur Charcha is about 11 km away. Baikunthpur Rd is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.