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About Khuntgaon Village

Khuntgaon is a mid sized village in Bisra tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,711, made up of 847 males and 864 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuntgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuntgaon village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Tehsil Bisra
Pincode 770036
Area (hectares) 512 hectares
Population 1,711
Male Population 847
Female Population 864
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khuntgaon compares

By the 2011 count Khuntgaon is the 8th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 854 residents. Its 512 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 1018.

Getting to Khuntgaon

Khuntgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khuntgaon as Available within 5 - 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khuntgaon from other places

Khuntgaon lies about 99 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Bangurkela, about 5.2 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 Khuntgaon
Nearest railway station Bangurkela 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bisra 7.6 km
Nearest town Rourkela 16 km
District headquarters Sundargarh 99 km

Villages closest to Khuntgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuntgaon village had a population of 1,711. That makes it the 8th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 854 residents.

Khuntgaon village has 847 males and 864 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuntgaon has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Khuntgaon is 770036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuntgaon covers 512 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuntgaon falls under Bisra tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khuntgaon is Bangurkela, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khuntgaon.

Khuntgaon is about 99 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khuntgaon is in Bisra tehsil of Sundargarh district. Bangurkela is about 5.2 km away. Bisra is about 7.6 km away. Rourkela is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bisra (7.6 km), Purunabisra (7.6 km) and Dudurta (12 km).

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

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