About Khanta Village

Khanta is one of the larger villages in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,457, made up of 3,383 males and 3,074 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanta village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Karandighi
Pincode	733212
Area (hectares)	413.59 hectares
Population	6,457
Male Population	3,383
Female Population	3,074
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanta compares

By the 2011 count Khanta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 413.59 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Khanta

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

Khanta lies about 12 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, about 21 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 Khanta
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karandighi	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dalkhola	21 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	28 km

Villages closest to Khanta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karandighi 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 Khanta

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanta village had a population of 6,457. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Khanta village has 3,383 males and 3,074 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanta has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Khanta is 733212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanta covers 413.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanta falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khanta is Dalkhola, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanta.

Khanta is about 12 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanta is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Uttar Dinajpur is about 12 km away. Karandighi is about 12 km away. Dalkhola is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.