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About Khunta Village

Khunta is a mid sized village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 757, made up of 368 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235 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 Khuntpani
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 235 hectares
Population 757
Male Population 368
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khunta compares

By the 2011 count Khunta is the 38th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 235 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khunta

Khunta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khunta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 1.8 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 Pandrasali 1.8 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Khuntpani 11 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 20 km

Villages closest to Khunta

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 Khunta

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunta village had a population of 757. That makes it the 38th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Khunta village has 368 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunta has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Khunta covers 235 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khunta is Pandrasali, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khunta.

Khunta is about 20 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 Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Pandrasali is about 1.8 km away. Chāībāsa is about 10 km away. Khuntpani is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Horlor (under 2 km), Matkobera (under 2 km) and Banamgutu (1.6 km).

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

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