About Kusma Village

Kusma is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 108 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kusma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814141
Area (hectares)	99 hectares
Population	230
Male Population	108
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
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 254th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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 40 km from Dumka, 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
Nearest town	Madhupur	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	40 km

Villages closest to Kusma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jarmundi 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 230. That makes it the 254th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Kusma village has 108 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusma has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Kusma is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kusma covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusma falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka 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 40 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusma is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Joramow Railway Station is about 15 km away. Madhupur is about 23 km away. Jarmundi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.