About Khatanga Village

Khatanga is a mid sized village in Rahe tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 514, made up of 251 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835204, 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	Rahe
Pincode	835204
Area (hectares)	179.51 hectares
Population	514
Male Population	251
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatanga compares

By the 2011 count Khatanga is the 43rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 179.51 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khatanga

Khatanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khatanga 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 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 38 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gautamdhara, about 11 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	Rahe	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Gautamdhara	11 km
Nearest town	Būndu	14 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	38 km

Villages closest to Khatanga

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

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Common questions about Khatanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatanga village had a population of 514. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Khatanga village has 251 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatanga has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khatanga is 835204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatanga covers 179.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatanga falls under Rahe tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatanga is Gautamdhara, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khatanga.

Khatanga is about 38 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 Rahe tehsil of Ranchi district. Rahe is about 2.7 km away. Gautamdhara is about 11 km away. Būndu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.