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About Khonga Village

Khonga is a mid sized village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 659, made up of 336 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khonga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khonga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Manora
Pincode 496330
Area (hectares) 916.55 hectares
Population 659
Male Population 336
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khonga compares

By the 2011 count Khonga is the 31st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 916.55 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Khonga

Khonga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khonga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khonga from other places

Khonga lies about 20 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 83 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 Khonga
Tehsil headquarters Manora 4.6 km
District headquarters Jashpur 20 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 20 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 83 km

Villages closest to Khonga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khonga village had a population of 659. That makes it the 31st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Khonga village has 336 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khonga has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Khonga is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khonga covers 916.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khonga falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khonga is Lohardaga, about 83 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khonga.

Khonga is about 20 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khonga is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 4.6 km away. Jashpur is about 20 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhimsila (under 2 km), Ghatgaon (2.6 km) and Sikri (3.1 km).

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

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