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About Kumbhi Village

Kumbhi is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,101, made up of 580 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumbhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumbhi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 518.76 hectares
Population 1,101
Male Population 580
Female Population 521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kumbhi compares

By the 2011 count Kumbhi is the 41st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 518.76 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 953.

Getting to Kumbhi

Kumbhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kumbhi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kumbhi from other places

Kumbhi lies about 8.1 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 2.8 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 Kumbhi
Nearest railway station Meralgram 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Meral 3.1 km
District headquarters Garhwa 8.1 km

Villages closest to Kumbhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumbhi village had a population of 1,101. That makes it the 41st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Kumbhi village has 580 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumbhi has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Kumbhi is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumbhi covers 518.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kumbhi falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kumbhi is Meralgram, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Kumbhi.

Kumbhi is about 8.1 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumbhi is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 2.8 km away. Meral is about 3.1 km away. Garhwa is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankheta (under 2 km), Akalbani (1.8 km) and Biktam (2.9 km).

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

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