About Kuiya Village

Kuiya is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 120 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	346.8 hectares
Population	247
Male Population	120
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
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 Kuiya compares

By the 2011 count Kuiya is the 79th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 346.8 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kuiya

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

Kuiya lies about 112 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Chianki, about 4.4 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 Kuiya
Nearest railway station	Chianki	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	7.4 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	9.9 km
District headquarters	Gumla	112 km

Villages closest to Kuiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuiya village had a population of 247. That makes it the 79th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Kuiya village has 120 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuiya has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kuiya is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuiya covers 346.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuiya falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuiya is Chianki, about 4.4 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 Kuiya.

Kuiya is about 112 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuiya is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Chianki is about 4.4 km away. Chainpur is about 7.4 km away. Medininagar is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.