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About Khartanga Village

Khartanga is a mid sized village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,649, made up of 853 males and 796 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khartanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khartanga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Verno
Pincode 835203
Area (hectares) 571 hectares
Population 1,649
Male Population 853
Female Population 796
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
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 Khartanga compares

By the 2011 count Khartanga is the 12th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 571 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Khartanga

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

Khartanga lies about 27 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 22 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 Khartanga
Nearest town Lohārdagā 19 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Verno 27 km
District headquarters Gumla 27 km

Villages closest to Khartanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khartanga village had a population of 1,649. That makes it the 12th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Khartanga village has 853 males and 796 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khartanga has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Khartanga is 835203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khartanga covers 571 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khartanga falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khartanga is Lohardaga, about 22 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 Khartanga.

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

Khartanga is in Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Lohārdagā is about 19 km away. Lohardaga is about 22 km away. Verno 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 Makra (6.1 km), Malgo (12 km) and Kharka (15 km).

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

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