Khunta observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Khunta is a village in Chaibasa mandal, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,464 across 298 households with a literacy rate of 53.6%.
By population, Khunta ranks #22 of 94 villages in Chaibasa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khunta is a village of 1,464 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Chaibasa block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 22nd-largest of 94 villages in Chaibasa block. Literacy is 54%, 1 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,119 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 56 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 3 km from Gamharia Jn. railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833204, served by J.M.P. Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 378102. The nearest hospital or health centre is Das Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDMANI KALUNDIYA. The population is estimated at 1,726 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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