About Bhumka Village

Bhumka is a mid sized village in Sarangpur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,242, made up of 662 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.6 hectares hectares.

Bhumka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhumka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Sarangpur
Area (hectares)	457.6 hectares
Population	1,242
Male Population	662
Female Population	580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhumka compares

By the 2011 count Bhumka is the 37th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 457.6 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Bhumka

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

Bhumka lies about 34 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Udiyan Khedi, about 22 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 Bhumka
Nearest railway station	Udiyan Khedi	22 km
Nearest town	Jirapur	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangpur	27 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	34 km

Villages closest to Bhumka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhumka village had a population of 1,242. That makes it the 37th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Bhumka village has 662 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhumka has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Bhumka covers 457.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhumka falls under Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bhumka is Udiyan Khedi, about 22 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 Bhumka.

Bhumka is about 34 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhumka is in Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Udiyan Khedi is about 22 km away. Jirapur is about 25 km away. Sarangpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.