About Kumarka Village

Kumarka is a small village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 159 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumarka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumarka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176319
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	159
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumarka compares

By the 2011 count Kumarka is the 114th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 968.

Getting to Kumarka

Kumarka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kumarka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kumarka from other places

Kumarka lies about 13 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 Kumarka
Tehsil headquarters	Chaurah	13 km
District headquarters	Chamba	13 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	53 km

Villages closest to Kumarka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumarka village had a population of 289. That makes it the 114th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Kumarka village has 159 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumarka has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Kumarka is 176319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumarka covers 168 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.

Kumarka falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kumarka is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kumarka.

Kumarka is about 13 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumarka is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 13 km away. Chamba is about 13 km away. Nurpur Road is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.