About Khunta Village

Khunta is a mid sized village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,464, made up of 691 males and 773 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Chaibasa
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	419.98 hectares
Population	1,464
Male Population	691
Female Population	773
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khunta compares

By the 2011 count Khunta is the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 419.98 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Khunta

Khunta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khunta 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khunta from other places

Khunta lies about 14 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 4.3 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 Khunta
Nearest railway station	Singhpokharia	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chaibasa	5.5 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	5.5 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	14 km

Villages closest to Khunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunta village had a population of 1,464. That makes it the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Khunta village has 691 males and 773 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunta has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Khunta is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunta covers 419.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khunta falls under Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khunta is Singhpokharia, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Khunta.

Khunta is about 14 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunta is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 4.3 km away. Chaibasa is about 5.5 km away. Chāībāsa is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.