About Khunta Village

Khunta is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 870, made up of 419 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	835303
Area (hectares)	269 hectares
Population	870
Male Population	419
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khunta compares

By the 2011 count Khunta is the 28th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Khunta

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

Khunta lies about 15 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Piska, about 6.4 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
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Piska	6.4 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	15 km

Villages closest to Khunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunta village had a population of 870. That makes it the 28th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Khunta village has 419 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunta has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Khunta is 835303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunta covers 269 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 Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khunta is Piska, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khunta.

Khunta is about 15 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunta is in Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district. Nagri is about 5.3 km away. Piska is about 6.4 km away. Ranchi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.