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About Khatranga Village

Khatranga is a large village in Kharagpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,017, made up of 1,504 males and 1,513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatranga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Pincode 721301
Area (hectares) 543.9 hectares
Population 3,017
Male Population 1,504
Female Population 1,513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
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 Khatranga compares

By the 2011 count Khatranga is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 543.9 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 996.

Getting to Khatranga

Khatranga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khatranga 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. The nearest villages by name are Keshpur, Khagra, Khanjadi and Khankarpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khatranga

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatranga village had a population of 3,017. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Khatranga village has 1,504 males and 1,513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatranga has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Khatranga is 721301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatranga covers 543.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatranga falls under Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khatranga notes the nearest railway station 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 Khatranga.

Khatranga is in Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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