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About Khatanga Village

Khatanga is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 505 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 373 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, 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 Lapung
Pincode 835202
Area (hectares) 373 hectares
Population 1,006
Male Population 505
Female Population 501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
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 25th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 373 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1016.

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 36 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 13 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 Lapung 11 km
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road 13 km
Nearest town Khunti 30 km
District headquarters Ranchi 36 km

Villages closest to Khatanga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lapung 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 1,006. That makes it the 25th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Khatanga village has 505 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatanga has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Khatanga is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatanga covers 373 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatanga falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatanga is Govindpur Road, about 13 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 36 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 Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 11 km away. Govindpur Road is about 13 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Duru (under 2 km), Semla (under 2 km) and Pola (1.6 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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