About Phatka Village

Phatka is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 651 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1230.95 hectares hectares.

Phatka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phatka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Area (hectares)	1230.95 hectares
Population	1,268
Male Population	651
Female Population	617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Phatka compares

By the 2011 count Phatka is the 20th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1230.95 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Phatka

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

Phatka lies about 28 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 24 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 Phatka
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	15 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	24 km
District headquarters	Khunti	28 km

Villages closest to Phatka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phatka village had a population of 1,268. That makes it the 20th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Phatka village has 651 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phatka has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Phatka covers 1230.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Phatka falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Phatka is Pakra, about 24 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 Phatka.

Phatka is about 28 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phatka is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 15 km away. Pakra is about 24 km away. Khunti is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.