About Khantara Village

Khantara is a mid sized village in Khanakul II tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,350, made up of 686 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khantara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khantara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Khanakul II
Pincode	712417
Area (hectares)	86.76 hectares
Population	1,350
Male Population	686
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khantara compares

By the 2011 count Khantara is the 38th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,553 residents. Its 86.76 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Khantara

Khantara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khantara as Available within 10+ 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 Khantara from other places

Khantara lies about 4.7 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Kankinara, about under 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 Khantara
Nearest town	Bhātpāra	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Kankinara	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khanakul II	4.7 km
District headquarters	Hugli	4.7 km

Villages closest to Khantara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khanakul II 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 Khantara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khantara village had a population of 1,350. That makes it the 38th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,553 residents.

Khantara village has 686 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khantara has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Khantara is 712417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khantara covers 86.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khantara falls under Khanakul II tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khantara is Kankinara, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khantara.

Khantara is about 4.7 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khantara is in Khanakul II tehsil of Hugli district. Bhātpāra is about under 2 km away. Kankinara is about under 2 km away. Khanakul II is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.