About Jhumkha Village

Jhumkha is a small village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 102 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1144.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhumkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhumkha village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370427
Area (hectares)	1144.09 hectares
Population	190
Male Population	102
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhumkha compares

By the 2011 count Jhumkha is the 130th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 1144.09 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Jhumkha

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

Jhumkha lies about 21 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Sukhpur, about 15 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 Jhumkha
Nearest railway station	Sukhpur	15 km
Nearest town	Madhapar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhuj	19 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	21 km

Villages closest to Jhumkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhumkha village had a population of 190. That makes it the 130th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Jhumkha village has 102 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhumkha has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Jhumkha is 370427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhumkha covers 1144.09 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.

Jhumkha falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Jhumkha is Sukhpur, about 15 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Jhumkha.

Jhumkha is about 21 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhumkha is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Sukhpur is about 15 km away. Madhapar is about 18 km away. Bhuj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.