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About Khonapara Village

Khonapara is a mid sized village in Palasbari tehsil, in the district of Kamrup, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 261 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.17 hectares hectares.

Khonapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khonapara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kamrup
Tehsil Palasbari
Area (hectares) 95.17 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 261
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khonapara compares

By the 2011 count Khonapara is the 86th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,002 residents. Its 95.17 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Khonapara

Khonapara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khonapara as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khonapara from other places

Khonapara lies about 36 km from Kamrup, and the nearest railway station is New Guwahati, about 6.5 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 Khonapara
Nearest railway station New Guwahati 6.5 km
Nearest town Guwahati 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Palasbari 27 km
District headquarters Kamrup 36 km

Villages closest to Khonapara

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

Common questions about Khonapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khonapara village had a population of 538. That makes it the 86th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,002 residents.

Khonapara village has 261 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khonapara has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Khonapara covers 95.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khonapara falls under Palasbari tehsil of Kamrup district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Khonapara is New Guwahati, about 6.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khonapara.

Khonapara is about 36 km from Kamrup in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khonapara is in Palasbari tehsil of Kamrup district. New Guwahati is about 6.5 km away. Guwahati is about 9.3 km away. Palasbari is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandalpara (under 2 km), Ghoramara (3.2 km) and Patgaon (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khonapara today is likely to be higher.

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