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About Chhota Kusma Village

Chhota Kusma is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 163 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Kusma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Kusma village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 66 hectares
Population 309
Male Population 163
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhota Kusma compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Kusma is the 83rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Chhota Kusma

Chhota Kusma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhota Kusma as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhota Kusma from other places

Chhota Kusma lies about 21 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 15 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 Chhota Kusma
Tehsil headquarters Borio 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 15 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 21 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 21 km

Villages closest to Chhota Kusma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Chhota Kusma

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Kusma village had a population of 309. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Chhota Kusma village has 163 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Kusma has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Kusma is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Kusma covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Kusma falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Kusma is Kalian Chak, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chhota Kusma.

Chhota Kusma is about 21 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Kusma is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 3.0 km away. Kalian Chak is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Bandar Kola (under 2 km), Bara Kusmi (under 2 km) and Patlohara (under 2 km).

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

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