About Gontura Village

Gontura is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 112 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gontura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gontura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	230
Male Population	112
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
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 Gontura compares

By the 2011 count Gontura is the 98th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Gontura

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

Gontura lies about 26 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 37 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 Gontura
Nearest town	Būndu	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	26 km
District headquarters	Khunti	26 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	37 km

Villages closest to Gontura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gontura village had a population of 230. That makes it the 98th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Gontura village has 112 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gontura has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Gontura is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gontura covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gontura falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gontura is Chakradharpur, about 37 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 Gontura.

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

Gontura is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 21 km away. Erki is about 26 km away. Khunti is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.