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About Kontora Village

Kontora is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 291 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kontora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kontora village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833105
Area (hectares) 195 hectares
Population 552
Male Population 291
Female Population 261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kontora compares

By the 2011 count Kontora is the 51st largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1008.

Getting to Kontora

The census records public bus service for Kontora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kebedkara, Kebra, Khajuria and Komang. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Kontora

As per the Census of India 2011, Kontora village had a population of 552. That makes it the 51st largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Kontora village has 291 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kontora has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Kontora is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kontora covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kontora falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Kontora notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kontora.

Kontora is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kontora today is likely to be higher.

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