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About Khunta Village

Khunta is a mid sized village in Baisinga tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 301 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunta village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Mayurbhanj
Tehsil Baisinga
Pincode 757025
Area (hectares) 123 hectares
Population 632
Male Population 301
Female Population 331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,100
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khunta compares

By the 2011 count Khunta is the 63rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Khunta

Khunta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khunta 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khunta from other places

Khunta lies about 27 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Betnoti, about 23 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 Khunta
Nearest railway station Betnoti 23 km
District headquarters Mayurbhanj 27 km
Nearest town Baripāda 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Baisinga 30 km

Villages closest to Khunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunta village had a population of 632. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Khunta village has 301 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunta has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Khunta is 757025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunta covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khunta falls under Baisinga tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khunta is Betnoti, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khunta.

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

Khunta is in Baisinga tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Betnoti is about 23 km away. Mayurbhanj is about 27 km away. Baripāda 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 Baikhunta (under 2 km), Khuntapur (under 2 km) and Madhukhunta (under 2 km).

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

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