About Kusma Village

Kusma is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 321 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kusma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	814166
Area (hectares)	366.29 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	321
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
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 51st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 533 residents. Its 366.29 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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 136 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 23 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
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	23 km
Nearest town	Colgong	25 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	136 km

Villages closest to Kusma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur 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 609. That makes it the 51st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 533 residents.

Kusma village has 321 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusma has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Kusma is 814166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kusma covers 366.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kusma falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kusma is Ekchari, about 23 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 136 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusma is in Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Fatehpur is about 11 km away. Ekchari is about 23 km away. Colgong is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.