About Kumbur Village

Kumbur is a large village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,076, made up of 1,490 males and 1,586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1037.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571251, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumbur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumbur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571251
Area (hectares)	1037.21 hectares
Population	3,076
Male Population	1,490
Female Population	1,586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumbur compares

By the 2011 count Kumbur is the 17th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 1037.21 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Kumbur

Kumbur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kumbur as Available within village. 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 Kumbur from other places

Kumbur lies about 17 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 38 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 Kumbur
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	8.4 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	15 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kadagaravalli	38 km

Villages closest to Kumbur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumbur village had a population of 3,076. That makes it the 17th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Kumbur village has 1,490 males and 1,586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumbur has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Kumbur is 571251. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumbur covers 1037.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kumbur falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kumbur is Kadagaravalli, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kumbur.

Kumbur is about 17 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumbur is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 8.4 km away. Madikeri is about 15 km away. Kodagu is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.