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About Khumba Village

Khumba is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 35 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khumba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khumba village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Nihri
Pincode 175031
Area (hectares) 23.44 hectares
Population 66
Male Population 35
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
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 Khumba compares

By the 2011 count Khumba is the 130th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 23.44 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Khumba

Khumba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khumba 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 Khumba from other places

Khumba lies about 34 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 37 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 Khumba
Tehsil headquarters Nihri 20 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 22 km
District headquarters Mandi 34 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 37 km

Villages closest to Khumba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khumba village had a population of 66. That makes it the 130th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

Khumba village has 35 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khumba has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Khumba is 175031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khumba covers 23.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khumba falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khumba is Summer Hill, about 37 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 Khumba.

Khumba is about 34 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khumba is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Nihri is about 20 km away. Sundarnagar is about 22 km away. Mandi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharwar (under 2 km), Kansar (under 2 km) and Shadiar (1.8 km).

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

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