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About Tumna Village

Tumna is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 239 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tumna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tumna village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Pincode 835209
Area (hectares) 117 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 239
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tumna compares

By the 2011 count Tumna is the 87th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Tumna

The census records public bus service for Tumna as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Tumna from other places

Tumna lies about 16 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 2.7 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 Tumna
Nearest railway station Lodhma 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 12 km
District headquarters Khunti 16 km

Villages closest to Tumna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tumna village had a population of 484. That makes it the 87th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Tumna village has 239 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tumna has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Tumna is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tumna covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tumna falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tumna is Lodhma, about 2.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Tumna.

Tumna is about 16 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tumna is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Lodhma is about 2.7 km away. Karra is about 12 km away. Khunti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chanpi (under 2 km), Hesla (under 2 km) and Sirka (1.6 km).

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

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