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About Khunta Village

Khunta is a mid sized village in Belthara Road tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 607 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.56 hectares hectares.

Khunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunta village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Belthara Road
Area (hectares) 115.56 hectares
Population 1,276
Male Population 607
Female Population 669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,102
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khunta compares

By the 2011 count Khunta is the 104th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,388 residents. Its 115.56 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Khunta

Khunta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khunta as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Khunta from other places

Khunta lies about 14 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Baheri, about 9.2 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 Khunta
Nearest railway station Baheri 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Belthara Road 14 km
District headquarters Ballia 14 km

Villages closest to Khunta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Belthara Road 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 Khunta

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunta village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 104th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,388 residents.

Khunta village has 607 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunta has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Khunta covers 115.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khunta falls under Belthara Road tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khunta is Baheri, about 9.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Khunta.

Khunta is about 14 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunta is in Belthara Road tehsil of Ballia district. Baheri is about 9.2 km away. Belthara Road is about 14 km away. Ballia is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malipur (under 2 km), Chitauni (1.9 km) and Karimpur (3.9 km).

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

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