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About Khuntapal Village

Khuntapal is a mid sized village in Barsahi tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 518 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuntapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuntapal village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Mayurbhanj
Tehsil Barsahi
Pincode 757026
Area (hectares) 325 hectares
Population 1,042
Male Population 518
Female Population 524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khuntapal compares

By the 2011 count Khuntapal is the 18th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 686 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Khuntapal

Khuntapal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khuntapal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khuntapal from other places

Khuntapal 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 Khuntapal
Nearest railway station Betnoti 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Barsahi 27 km
District headquarters Mayurbhanj 27 km
Nearest town Baripāda 27 km

Villages closest to Khuntapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuntapal village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 18th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 686 residents.

Khuntapal village has 518 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuntapal has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Khuntapal is 757026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuntapal covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuntapal falls under Barsahi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khuntapal 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khuntapal.

Khuntapal 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.

Khuntapal is in Barsahi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Betnoti is about 23 km away. Barsahi is about 27 km away. Mayurbhanj 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 Bidyadharkhunta (under 2 km), Kochilakhunta (under 2 km) and Narankhunta (under 2 km).

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

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