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About Khuntapada Village

Khuntapada is a mid sized village in Turumunga tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 760, made up of 394 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758017, 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 Turumunga
Pincode 758017
Area (hectares) 327 hectares
Population 760
Male Population 394
Female Population 366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within village
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 33rd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 327 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

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 village. 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 Turumunga 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 Turumunga 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 760. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Khuntapada village has 394 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuntapada has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Khuntapada is 758017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuntapada covers 327 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 Turumunga 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 village 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 Turumunga tehsil of Kendujhar district. Turumunga 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 Jamunalia (6.6 km), Kashipur (7.4 km) and Dharuapada (7.9 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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