Kusmi is one of the administrative blocks of the

Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh Balrampur-Ramanujganj district is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It came into existence on 17 January 2012 and was formerly part of Surguja district. Balrampur-Ramanujganj district is the northernmost district of Chhattisgarh. I ...

in the Indian state of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

Geography

Kusmi, a Tehsil/Block, is located 96 km northeast of Ambikapur. Kusmi is a part of Samri (Vidhan Sabha constituency). It is connected by two roads, both of which join the NH 343. One road passes through Rajpur and another passes through Samri Chandarpur Semarsot. The area has excellent wireless and broadband coverage.

Languages

Hindi is the official and most spoken language, along with

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

, a tongue in the

Bihari language Bihari is a group of the Indo-Aryan languages. The Bihari languages are mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and also in Nepal.Brass, Paul R. (1974). ''Language, Religion and Politics in North Ind ...

group with almost 40,000,000 speakers. Bhojpuri is written in both the

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

and

Kaithi Kaithi (), also called Kayathi () or Kayasthi (), is a historical Brahmic script that was used widely in parts of Northern and Eastern India, primarily in the present-day states of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. In particular, it was us ...

scripts.

Facilities

*Market: A small market known as Kusmi Bazaar is situated in middle of the town. The bazaar includes shops such as a medical store, electrical store, and various clothing stores.: *Police Station: A police station is situated at the heart of Kusmi. *Post Office: A post office with speed-post parcel and other postal services is located at Aryan Lodge Samri road. * *Water stations: Two potable water stations are available. *Bank: Kusmi has several banks, of which SBI is dominant.

References

Community development blocks in Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh Community development blocks in Chhattisgarh Cities and towns in Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh {{Chhattisgarh-geo-stub