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About Khantra Village

Khantra is a mid sized village in Raghunathpur II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 315 males and 260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khantra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khantra village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Raghunathpur II
Pincode 723145
Area (hectares) 227.7 hectares
Population 575
Male Population 315
Female Population 260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
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 Khantra compares

By the 2011 count Khantra is the 59th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 227.7 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Khantra

Khantra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khantra 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 Karandi, Kargali, Kewabathan and Khaira Chak. 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 Khantra

As per the Census of India 2011, Khantra village had a population of 575. That makes it the 59th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Khantra village has 315 males and 260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khantra has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Khantra is 723145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khantra covers 227.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khantra falls under Raghunathpur II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khantra 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 Khantra.

Khantra is in Raghunathpur 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 Khantra today is likely to be higher.

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