About Khonta Village

Khonta is a mid sized village in Alauli tehsil, in the district of Khagaria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,180, made up of 608 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 840203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khonta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Khagaria
Tehsil	Alauli
Pincode	840203
Area (hectares)	51.8 hectares
Population	1,180
Male Population	608
Female Population	572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 Khonta compares

By the 2011 count Khonta is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,412 residents. Its 51.8 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Khonta

Khonta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khonta 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 Khonta from other places

Khonta lies about 26 km from Khagaria, and the nearest railway station is Bithan, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters	Alauli	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Bithan	11 km
Nearest town	Bakhri	18 km
District headquarters	Khagaria	26 km

Villages closest to Khonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khonta village had a population of 1,180. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,412 residents.

Khonta village has 608 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khonta has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Khonta is 840203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khonta covers 51.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khonta falls under Alauli tehsil of Khagaria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khonta is Bithan, about 11 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 Khonta.

Khonta is about 26 km from Khagaria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khonta is in Alauli tehsil of Khagaria district. Alauli is about 9.0 km away. Bithan is about 11 km away. Bakhri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.