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About Khuntapada Village

Khuntapada is a small village in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 447, made up of 228 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758013, 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 Kendujhar Sadar
Pincode 758013
Area (hectares) 99 hectares
Population 447
Male Population 228
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khuntapada compares

By the 2011 count Khuntapada is the 127th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 760 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khuntapada

Khuntapada is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khuntapada as Available within 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 Khuntapada from other places

Khuntapada lies about 6.0 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Naranpur, about 8.9 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
Tehsil headquarters Kendujhar Sadar 6.0 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 6.0 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Naranpur 8.9 km

Villages closest to Khuntapada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kendujhar Sadar 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 447. That makes it the 127th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 760 residents.

Khuntapada village has 228 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuntapada has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Khuntapada is 758013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuntapada covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuntapada falls under Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khuntapada is Naranpur, about 8.9 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 10+ km distance for Khuntapada.

Khuntapada is about 6.0 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 Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kendujhar Sadar is about 6.0 km away. Kendujhar is about 6.0 km away. Keonjhargarh is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhaliadihi (under 2 km), Medinipur (under 2 km) and Tentuli (3.3 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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