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About Khantaghara Village

Khantaghara is a mid sized village in Ghatgaon tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 359 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khantaghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khantaghara village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Ghatgaon
Pincode 758029
Area (hectares) 464 hectares
Population 690
Male Population 359
Female Population 331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khantaghara compares

By the 2011 count Khantaghara is the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 464 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Khantaghara

Khantaghara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khantaghara as Available within <5 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 Khantaghara from other places

Khantaghara lies about 27 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Sitabinji, about 3.2 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 Khantaghara
Nearest railway station Sitabinji 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatgaon 14 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 27 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 27 km

Villages closest to Khantaghara

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 Khantaghara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khantaghara village had a population of 690. That makes it the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Khantaghara village has 359 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khantaghara has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Khantaghara covers 464 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khantaghara falls under Ghatgaon tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khantaghara is Sitabinji, about 3.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khantaghara.

Khantaghara is about 27 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khantaghara is in Ghatgaon tehsil of Kendujhar district. Sitabinji is about 3.2 km away. Ghatgaon is about 14 km away. Kendujhar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhenkikote (1.6 km), Kasibeda (1.6 km) and Baghaghara (3.7 km).

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

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