About Kumsi Village

Kumsi is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 240 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumsi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577423
Area (hectares)	296.71 hectares
Population	464
Male Population	240
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumsi compares

By the 2011 count Kumsi is the 132nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 296.71 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kumsi

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

Kumsi lies about 66 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 28 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 Kumsi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	11 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	23 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	28 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	66 km

Villages closest to Kumsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumsi village had a population of 464. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kumsi village has 240 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumsi has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kumsi is 577423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumsi covers 296.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kumsi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kumsi is Balegundi, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kumsi.

Kumsi is about 66 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumsi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 11 km away. Shikaripura is about 23 km away. Balegundi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.