About Khanta Village

Khanta is a mid sized village in Itarhi tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,102, made up of 572 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Itarhi
Pincode	802123
Area (hectares)	131 hectares
Population	1,102
Male Population	572
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanta compares

By the 2011 count Khanta is the 56th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Khanta

Khanta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khanta from other places

Khanta lies about 66 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Kumahu, 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 Khanta
Nearest railway station	Kumahu	2.7 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itarhi	22 km
District headquarters	Buxar	66 km

Villages closest to Khanta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanta village had a population of 1,102. That makes it the 56th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Khanta village has 572 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanta has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Khanta is 802123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanta covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanta falls under Itarhi tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanta is Kumahu, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khanta.

Khanta is about 66 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanta is in Itarhi tehsil of Buxar district. Kumahu is about 2.7 km away. Sasarām is about 19 km away. Itarhi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.