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About Khonta Village

Khonta is a large village in Sameli tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,439, made up of 1,273 males and 1,166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khonta village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Sameli
Pincode 854104
Area (hectares) 423.4 hectares
Population 2,439
Male Population 1,273
Female Population 1,166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khonta compares

By the 2011 count Khonta is the 11th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 423.4 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Khonta

The census records public bus service for Khonta as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khonta from other places

Khonta lies about 27 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bakhri, about 3.0 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 Khonta
Nearest railway station Bakhri 3.0 km
Nearest town Naugachhia 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Sameli 27 km
District headquarters Katihar 27 km

Villages closest to Khonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khonta village had a population of 2,439. That makes it the 11th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Khonta village has 1,273 males and 1,166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khonta has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Khonta is 854104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khonta covers 423.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khonta falls under Sameli tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khonta is Bakhri, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khonta.

Khonta is about 27 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khonta is in Sameli tehsil of Katihar district. Bakhri is about 3.0 km away. Naugachhia is about 26 km away. Sameli is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khonta Milik (under 2 km), Bakhri (2.1 km) and Bakhri Milik (2.1 km).

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

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