About Tumsa Village

Tumsa is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 226 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tumsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tumsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Saraikela
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	393.11 hectares
Population	487
Male Population	226
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,155
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 Tumsa compares

By the 2011 count Tumsa is the 57th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 393.11 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1006.

Getting to Tumsa

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

Tumsa lies about 4.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 6.7 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 Tumsa
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Birbans	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraikela	17 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	18 km

Villages closest to Tumsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tumsa village had a population of 487. That makes it the 57th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Tumsa village has 226 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tumsa has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Tumsa is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tumsa covers 393.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tumsa falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tumsa is Birbans, about 6.7 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 10+ km distance for Tumsa.

Tumsa is about 4.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tumsa is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 4.4 km away. Birbans is about 6.7 km away. Saraikela is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.