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About Khatanaga Village

Khatanaga is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,630, made up of 780 males and 850 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatanaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatanaga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Kanke
Pincode 835217
Area (hectares) 427 hectares
Population 1,630
Male Population 780
Female Population 850
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khatanaga compares

By the 2011 count Khatanaga is the 45th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 427 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Khatanaga

Khatanaga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khatanaga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khatanaga from other places

Khatanaga 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 Khatanaga
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 Khatanaga

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 Khatanaga

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatanaga village had a population of 1,630. That makes it the 45th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Khatanaga village has 780 males and 850 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatanaga has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Khatanaga is 835217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatanaga covers 427 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatanaga falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatanaga is Hundur Halt, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Khatanaga.

Khatanaga 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.

Khatanaga 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 Khatanga (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 Khatanaga today is likely to be higher.

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