About Khatanga Village

Khatanga is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 226 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835210
Area (hectares)	293 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	226
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
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 Khatanga compares

By the 2011 count Khatanga is the 69th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 293 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Khatanga

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

Khatanga lies about 19 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 34 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 Khatanga
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	14 km
District headquarters	Khunti	19 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	34 km

Villages closest to Khatanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatanga village had a population of 455. That makes it the 69th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Khatanga village has 226 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatanga has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Khatanga is 835210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatanga covers 293 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khatanga falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatanga is Karra, about 34 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 Khatanga.

Khatanga is about 19 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatanga is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 19 km away. Karra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.