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About Tumni Village

Tumni is a small village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 96 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498 hectares hectares.

Tumni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tumni village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Ashti
Area (hectares) 498 hectares
Population 172
Male Population 96
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tumni compares

By the 2011 count Tumni is the 61st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 888 residents. Its 498 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Tumni

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

Tumni lies about 76 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Hiwarkhed, about 16 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 Tumni
Tehsil headquarters Ashti 11 km
Nearest railway station Hiwarkhed 16 km
Nearest town Morsi 18 km
District headquarters Wardha 76 km

Villages closest to Tumni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tumni village had a population of 172. That makes it the 61st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 888 residents.

Tumni village has 96 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tumni has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Tumni covers 498 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tumni falls under Ashti tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tumni is Hiwarkhed, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Tumni.

Tumni is about 76 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tumni is in Ashti tehsil of Wardha district. Ashti is about 11 km away. Hiwarkhed is about 16 km away. Morsi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Zadgaon (under 2 km), Borgaon (1.8 km) and Sattarpur (3.6 km).

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

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