About Khanta Village

Khanta is a mid sized village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 323 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	443.73 hectares
Population	657
Male Population	323
Female Population	334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanta compares

By the 2011 count Khanta is the 66th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 443.73 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Khanta

Khanta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 21 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dagori, about 5.4 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	Dagori	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra Road Gorella	21 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	21 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	21 km

Villages closest to Khanta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra Road Gorella 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 657. That makes it the 66th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Khanta village has 323 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanta has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Khanta is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanta covers 443.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanta falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khanta is Dagori, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Khanta.

Khanta is about 21 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanta is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Dagori is about 5.4 km away. Pendra Road Gorella is about 21 km away. Bilaspur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.