About Keantai Village

Keantai is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 118 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keantai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keantai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	106.23 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	118
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keantai compares

By the 2011 count Keantai is the 137th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 106.23 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Keantai

Keantai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keantai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Keantai from other places

Keantai lies about 35 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, 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 Keantai
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	22 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	30 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	35 km

Villages closest to Keantai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keantai village had a population of 224. That makes it the 137th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Keantai village has 118 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keantai has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Keantai is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keantai covers 106.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keantai falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Keantai is Sonua, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Keantai.

Keantai is about 35 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keantai is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 14 km away. Sonua is about 22 km away. Chakradharpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.