About Khanta Village

Khanta is a large village in Rairangpur tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,062, made up of 1,004 males and 1,058 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanta village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Rairangpur
Pincode	757043
Area (hectares)	435 hectares
Population	2,062
Male Population	1,004
Female Population	1,058
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanta compares

By the 2011 count Khanta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 697 residents. Its 435 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Khanta

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

Khanta lies about 61 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Rairangpur, about 6.1 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 Khanta
Nearest railway station	Rairangpur	6.1 km
District headquarters	Mayurbhanj	61 km

Villages closest to Khanta

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

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Common questions about Khanta

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanta village had a population of 2,062. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 697 residents.

Khanta village has 1,004 males and 1,058 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanta has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Khanta is 757043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanta covers 435 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanta falls under Rairangpur tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khanta is Rairangpur, about 6.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khanta.

Khanta is about 61 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanta is in Rairangpur tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Rairangpur is about 6.1 km away. Mayurbhanj is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.