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About Khunja Village

Khunja is a small village in Khanpur tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 133 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunja village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Khanpur
Pincode 326038
Area (hectares) 216.16 hectares
Population 249
Male Population 133
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khunja compares

By the 2011 count Khunja is the 167th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 828 residents. Its 216.16 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Khunja

Khunja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khunja 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khunja from other places

Khunja lies about 30 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalawar City, about 32 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 Khunja
Tehsil headquarters Khanpur 12 km
Nearest town Sangod 13 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 30 km
Nearest railway station Jhalawar City 32 km

Villages closest to Khunja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunja village had a population of 249. That makes it the 167th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 828 residents.

Khunja village has 133 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunja has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Khunja is 326038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunja covers 216.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khunja falls under Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khunja is Jhalawar City, about 32 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khunja.

Khunja is about 30 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunja is in Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district. Khanpur is about 12 km away. Sangod is about 13 km away. Jhalawar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suwalya (under 2 km), Gul Kheri (under 2 km) and Singola (1.8 km).

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

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