About Kusma Village

Kusma is a mid sized village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 524, made up of 281 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kusma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Madhupur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	524
Male Population	281
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kusma compares

By the 2011 count Kusma is the 92nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 185 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 963.

Getting to Kusma

Kusma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kusma as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kusma from other places

Kusma lies about 35 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, 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 Kusma
Nearest railway station	Joramow Railway Station	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madhupur	23 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	35 km

Villages closest to Kusma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kusma village had a population of 524. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Kusma village has 281 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusma has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Kusma is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kusma covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusma falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kusma is Joramow Railway Station, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kusma.

Kusma is about 35 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusma is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Joramow Railway Station is about 15 km away. Madhupur is about 23 km away. Deoghar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.