About Chumra Village

Chumra is a mid sized village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,645, made up of 837 males and 808 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chumra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chumra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	413.29 hectares
Population	1,645
Male Population	837
Female Population	808
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chumra compares

By the 2011 count Chumra is the 35th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 413.29 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Chumra

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

Chumra lies about 81 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 50 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 Chumra
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	18 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	50 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	51 km
District headquarters	Surguja	81 km

Villages closest to Chumra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chumra village had a population of 1,645. That makes it the 35th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Chumra village has 837 males and 808 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chumra has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Chumra is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chumra covers 413.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chumra falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chumra is Meralgram, about 50 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 Chumra.

Chumra is about 81 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chumra is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Ramanujganj is about 18 km away. Meralgram is about 50 km away. Garhwa is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.