Khanta is a village in Itarhi mandal, Buxar district, Bihar with a population of 1,102 across 172 households. It has a literacy rate of 58.3% and PIN code 802123.
By population, Khanta ranks #58 of 167 villages in Itarhi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khanta is a village of 1,102 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Itarhi block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 58th-largest of 167 villages in Itarhi block. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 210 km from the Buxar district centre, 3 km from Uttar Harishchandrapur, the nearest town, 2 km from Harishchandrapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802123, served by Itarhi post office; the LGD village code is 248710. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is MANISHA SHUKLA, and the village votes in Mahnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umesh Singh Kushwaha. The population is estimated at 1,299 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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