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About Khuntaposi Village

Khuntaposi is a mid sized village in Thakurmunda tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 323 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuntaposi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuntaposi village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Mayurbhanj
Tehsil Thakurmunda
Pincode 757038
Area (hectares) 130 hectares
Population 649
Male Population 323
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khuntaposi compares

By the 2011 count Khuntaposi is the 17th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Khuntaposi

Khuntaposi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khuntaposi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khuntaposi from other places

Khuntaposi lies about 93 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Sitabinji, about 17 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 Khuntaposi
Nearest railway station Sitabinji 17 km
Nearest town Karanjiā 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Thakurmunda 29 km
District headquarters Mayurbhanj 93 km

Villages closest to Khuntaposi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuntaposi village had a population of 649. That makes it the 17th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Khuntaposi village has 323 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuntaposi has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Khuntaposi is 757038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuntaposi covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuntaposi falls under Thakurmunda tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khuntaposi is Sitabinji, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khuntaposi.

Khuntaposi is about 93 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khuntaposi is in Thakurmunda tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Sitabinji is about 17 km away. Karanjiā is about 18 km away. Thakurmunda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bentakarpada (7.5 km), Bahaghar (11 km) and Thakurmunda (29 km).

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

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