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About Kumharikalan Village

Kumharikalan is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,053, made up of 1,022 males and 1,031 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.86 hectares hectares.

Kumharikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumharikalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 412.86 hectares
Population 2,053
Male Population 1,022
Female Population 1,031
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumharikalan compares

By the 2011 count Kumharikalan is the 25th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 412.86 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 1013.

Getting to Kumharikalan

Kumharikalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kumharikalan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kumharikalan from other places

Kumharikalan lies about 45 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, 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 Kumharikalan
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 11 km
Nearest railway station Amgaon 15 km
Nearest town Gondiā 26 km
District headquarters Balaghat 45 km

Villages closest to Kumharikalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumharikalan village had a population of 2,053. That makes it the 25th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Kumharikalan village has 1,022 males and 1,031 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumharikalan has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Kumharikalan covers 412.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kumharikalan falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kumharikalan is Amgaon, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kumharikalan.

Kumharikalan is about 45 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumharikalan is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 11 km away. Amgaon is about 15 km away. Gondiā is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siregaon (under 2 km), Kharregaon (under 2 km) and Kumharikhurd (2.2 km).

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

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