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About Khatanga Village

Khatanga is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 417 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatanga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Kanke
Pincode 834006
Area (hectares) 246.35 hectares
Population 788
Male Population 417
Female Population 371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatanga compares

By the 2011 count Khatanga is the 80th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 246.35 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 967.

Getting to Khatanga

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

How far is Khatanga from other places

Khatanga lies about 14 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 12 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 Khatanga
Tehsil headquarters Kanke 5.8 km
Nearest town Rātu 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Hundur Halt 12 km
District headquarters Ranchi 14 km

Villages closest to Khatanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatanga village had a population of 788. That makes it the 80th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Khatanga village has 417 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatanga has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Khatanga is 834006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatanga covers 246.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatanga falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatanga is Hundur Halt, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khatanga.

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

Khatanga is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Kanke is about 5.8 km away. Rātu is about 8.2 km away. Hundur Halt is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khatanaga (under 2 km), Gagi (under 2 km) and Chamguru (under 2 km).

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

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