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About Kumhankhar Village

Kumhankhar is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,201, made up of 579 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumhankhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumhankhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 889.34 hectares
Population 1,201
Male Population 579
Female Population 622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumhankhar compares

By the 2011 count Kumhankhar is the 31st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 889.34 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1050.

Getting to Kumhankhar

Kumhankhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kumhankhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kumhankhar from other places

Kumhankhar lies about 40 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 52 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 Kumhankhar
Nearest town Kānker 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 24 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 40 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 52 km

Villages closest to Kumhankhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumhankhar village had a population of 1,201. That makes it the 31st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Kumhankhar village has 579 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumhankhar has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Kumhankhar is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumhankhar covers 889.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kumhankhar falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kumhankhar is Antagarh, about 52 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kumhankhar.

Kumhankhar is about 40 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumhankhar is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 13 km away. Narharpur is about 24 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saranda (2.9 km), Lendara (3.4 km) and Singanpur (4.4 km).

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

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