Pradhan Khunta is a large village located in
Baliapur Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 840 families residing. It is located 199M above sea level.
Overview
Pradhan Khunta is a large village located in
Baliapur Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 840 families residing.It is located 199M above sea level. Pradhankhanta Gram Panchayat is a Rural Local Body in
Baliapur Panchayat Samiti part of
Dhanbad Zila Parishad. There are total 3 Villages under Pradhankhanta Gram Panchayat jurisdiction. Gram Panchayat Baliapur is further divided into 13 Wards. Gram Panchayat Baliapur has total 13 schools.
Geography
The Dhangi Hills (highest peak 385.57 m) run from Pradhan Khunta to
Gobindpur.
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India, Pradhan Khunta had a total population of 4,399 of which 2,274 (52%) were males and 2,125 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 587. The total number of literates in Pradhan Khunta was 2,930 (76.86% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
The
Asansol-Gaya section, a part of the
Grand Chord
Grand Chord is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line. It acts as a link between Sitarampur railway station, Sitarampur, (Asansol) (West Bengal) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction (Uttar Pradesh), previous ...
, passes through this block. There is a station at Pradhan Khunta on this line.
Deuli-Khairpal Road passes through Pradhan Khunta and links it to
NH 19,
Baliapur and
Sindri.
Education And Healthcare
There are 13 schools in PradhanKhunta and 1 Hospital.
Pradhankhunta Junction
Pradhankhunta Railway station is in
Dhanbad district
Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand ...
making it an important railway station in the Indian state of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
. The station code name of Pradhankhunta is ‘PKA’. As part of one of the busiest and populated Indian states, Jharkhand, the Pradhankhunta railway station is known amongst the top hundred train ticket booking and train traveling stations of the Indian Railway. The total number of trains that pass through Pradhankhunta (PKA) junction is 139.
References
Villages in Dhanbad district
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