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About Khuntapada Village

Khuntapada is a mid sized village in Ghatgaon tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 322 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuntapada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuntapada village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Ghatgaon
Pincode 758029
Area (hectares) 280 hectares
Population 646
Male Population 322
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khuntapada compares

By the 2011 count Khuntapada is the 71st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Khuntapada

Khuntapada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khuntapada as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khuntapada from other places

Khuntapada lies about 20 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, 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 Khuntapada
Nearest railway station Basantapur 11 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 20 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatgaon 27 km

Villages closest to Khuntapada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuntapada village had a population of 646. That makes it the 71st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Khuntapada village has 322 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuntapada has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Khuntapada is 758029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuntapada covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuntapada falls under Ghatgaon tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khuntapada is Basantapur, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khuntapada.

Khuntapada is about 20 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khuntapada is in Ghatgaon tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about 11 km away. Kendujhar is about 20 km away. Keonjhargarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanmasinabilla (under 2 km), Hatinota (2.7 km) and Dhanurjayapur (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khuntapada today is likely to be higher.

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