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About Kusmha Kala Village

Kusmha Kala is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 98 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.94 hectares hectares.

Kusmha Kala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusmha Kala village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 65.94 hectares
Population 171
Male Population 98
Female Population 73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 745
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kusmha Kala compares

By the 2011 count Kusmha Kala is the 256th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 65.94 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 975.

Getting to Kusmha Kala

Kusmha Kala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kusmha Kala as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kusmha Kala from other places

Kusmha Kala lies about 49 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Munderwa, about 2.7 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 Kusmha Kala
Nearest railway station Munderwa 2.7 km
Nearest town Bastī 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 33 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 49 km

Villages closest to Kusmha Kala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sahjanwa 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 Kusmha Kala

As per the Census of India 2011, Kusmha Kala village had a population of 171. That makes it the 256th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Kusmha Kala village has 98 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusmha Kala has about 745 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Kusmha Kala covers 65.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusmha Kala falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kusmha Kala is Munderwa, about 2.7 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 10+ km distance for Kusmha Kala.

Kusmha Kala is about 49 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusmha Kala is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Munderwa is about 2.7 km away. Bastī is about 16 km away. Sahjanwa is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehrawari Khas (3.8 km), Ganaura (8.4 km) and Katai Tikar Khas (12 km).

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

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