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About Kumangaon Village

Kumangaon is a mid sized village in Paraswada tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 824, made up of 394 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 714.88 hectares hectares.

Kumangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumangaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Paraswada
Area (hectares) 714.88 hectares
Population 824
Male Population 394
Female Population 430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumangaon compares

By the 2011 count Kumangaon is the 42nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 714.88 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Kumangaon

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

Kumangaon lies about 7.7 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 6.8 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 Kumangaon
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Paraswada 7.7 km
District headquarters Balaghat 7.7 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 7.7 km

Villages closest to Kumangaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumangaon village had a population of 824. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kumangaon village has 394 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumangaon has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1052.

Kumangaon covers 714.88 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.

Kumangaon falls under Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kumangaon is Dhapewara, about 6.8 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 Kumangaon.

Kumangaon is about 7.7 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumangaon is in Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district. Dhapewara is about 6.8 km away. Paraswada is about 7.7 km away. Balaghat is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surwahi (1.9 km), Tikariya Paraswada (2.7 km) and Bagholi (4.4 km).

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

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