Khanta, Karandighi

Khanta is a village located in the Karandighi Subdivision of Dinajpur Uttar district of West Bengal. The village falls in Karandighi block and comes under Rasakhowa-II Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Raiganj parliament constituency and Karandighi assembly constituency.

As on January 2025, the current population of Khanta is 7.1 thousands out of which 3.7 thousands are males and rest 3.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 909 females per 1000 males. There are around 873 teenagers in Khanta. It has literacy rate of 55% which means around 3.9 thousands persons can read and write. Total 3.2 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 25 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.5 thousands households in Khanta, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.5 thousands. The pincode of Khanta is 733201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Dalkhola Sub Post office
• Bazargaon Branch Post office
• Lalganj Branch Post office
• Maheshpur Branch Post office
• Shikarpur Branch Post office

Schools

Khanta has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Kantirpa N.K. Senior Madrasah (Fazil)
• Rasakhowa High School (High School)
• Lalganj Lagua High School
• Dalkhola High School
• Begua High School

Hospitals

Khanta has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Loucha Sub-Center
• Lalganj Sub-Center
• Rampur Sub-Center

Banks

Khanta has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Dalkhola
• Bandhan Bank Rudel
• Bandhan Bank Dalkhola
• Central Bank of India Dalkhola
• HDFC Bank Dalkhola