About Chumnu Village

Chumnu is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 681, made up of 336 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chumnu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chumnu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	681
Male Population	336
Female Population	345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
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 Chumnu compares

By the 2011 count Chumnu is the 61st largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Chumnu

Chumnu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chumnu 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 Chumnu from other places

Chumnu lies about 18 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 30 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 Chumnu
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.8 km
District headquarters	Gumla	18 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	30 km

Villages closest to Chumnu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chumnu village had a population of 681. That makes it the 61st largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Chumnu village has 336 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chumnu has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Chumnu is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chumnu covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chumnu falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chumnu is Lohardaga, about 30 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 Chumnu.

Chumnu is about 18 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chumnu is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.8 km away. Gumla is about 18 km away. Gumlā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.