About Kontari Village

Kontari is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 192 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kontari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kontari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	360
Male Population	192
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kontari compares

By the 2011 count Kontari is the 79th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Kontari

Kontari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kontari as Available within 5 - 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 Kontari from other places

Kontari lies about 43 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 31 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 Kontari
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	6.5 km
Nearest town	Khunti	30 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	43 km

Villages closest to Kontari

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 Kontari

As per the Census of India 2011, Kontari village had a population of 360. That makes it the 79th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Kontari village has 192 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kontari has about 875 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 Kontari is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kontari covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kontari is Sonua, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kontari.

Kontari is about 43 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kontari is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 6.5 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Sonua is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.