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About Khunti Village

Khunti is a small village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 90 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunti village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Khuntpani
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 183 hectares
Population 181
Male Population 90
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khunti compares

By the 2011 count Khunti is the 109th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 183 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khunti

Khunti is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khunti as Available within 5 - 10 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khunti from other places

Khunti lies about 26 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 8.1 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 Khunti
Nearest railway station Pandrasali 8.1 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Khuntpani 17 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 26 km

Villages closest to Khunti

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

Common questions about Khunti

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunti village had a population of 181. That makes it the 109th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Khunti village has 90 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunti has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Khunti covers 183 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.

Khunti falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khunti is Pandrasali, about 8.1 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 km distance for Khunti.

Khunti is about 26 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunti is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Pandrasali is about 8.1 km away. Chāībāsa is about 11 km away. Khuntpani is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumram (under 2 km), Kiri (2.7 km) and Gendmundi (2.7 km).

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

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