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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a large village in Pirpainti tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,071, made up of 1,122 males and 949 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Pirpainti
Area (hectares) 157 hectares
Population 2,071
Male Population 1,122
Female Population 949
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 35th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 38 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Shivanarayanpur, about 2.8 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 Khanpur
Nearest railway station Shivanarayanpur 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Pirpainti 9.5 km
Nearest town Colgong 12 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 38 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur village had a population of 2,071. That makes it the 35th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents.

Khanpur village has 1,122 males and 949 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Khanpur covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur falls under Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Shivanarayanpur, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 38 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Shivanarayanpur is about 2.8 km away. Pirpainti is about 9.5 km away. Colgong is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makranpur (under 2 km), Meharpur (1.6 km) and Rajganj (1.8 km).

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

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