About Kurmul Village

Kurmul is a small village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 199 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurmul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurmul village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	192 hectares
Population	383
Male Population	199
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurmul compares

By the 2011 count Kurmul is the 58th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kurmul

Kurmul is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurmul as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kurmul from other places

Kurmul lies about 46 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 1.7 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 Kurmul
Nearest railway station	Pokla	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	5.6 km
Nearest town	Khunti	36 km
District headquarters	Gumla	46 km

Villages closest to Kurmul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurmul village had a population of 383. That makes it the 58th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Kurmul village has 199 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurmul has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kurmul is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurmul covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurmul falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurmul is Pokla, about 1.7 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 village for Kurmul.

Kurmul is about 46 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurmul is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Pokla is about 1.7 km away. Kamdara is about 5.6 km away. Khunti is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.