About Khunti Village

Khunti is a large village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,487, made up of 1,789 males and 1,698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832404
Area (hectares)	457 hectares
Population	3,487
Male Population	1,789
Female Population	1,698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khunti compares

By the 2011 count Khunti is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 457 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Khunti

Khunti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khunti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khunti from other places

Khunti lies about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chandil Junction, about 10 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 Khunti
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Chandil Junction	10 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	14 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	25 km

Villages closest to Khunti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunti village had a population of 3,487. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Khunti village has 1,789 males and 1,698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunti has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Khunti is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunti covers 457 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khunti falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khunti is Chandil Junction, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khunti.

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

Khunti is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chandil is about 8.1 km away. Chandil Junction is about 10 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.