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About Khatanga Village

Khatanga is a mid sized village in Jhalda II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,065, made up of 548 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatanga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda II
Pincode 723213
Area (hectares) 366.8 hectares
Population 1,065
Male Population 548
Female Population 517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khatanga compares

By the 2011 count Khatanga is the 43rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents. Its 366.8 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Khatanga

Khatanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khatanga 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 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Karche, Karumama, Kasdihi and Katia. 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 Khatanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatanga village had a population of 1,065. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents.

Khatanga village has 548 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatanga has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Khatanga is 723213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatanga covers 366.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatanga falls under Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khatanga notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Khatanga.

Khatanga is in Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya 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 Khatanga today is likely to be higher.

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