About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Sultanganj tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,542, made up of 808 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sultanganj
Pincode	813202
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	1,542
Male Population	808
Female Population	734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 33rd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 35 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 14 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 town	Kharagpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sultanganj	16 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	35 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

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

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Common questions about Khanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur village had a population of 1,542. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Khanpur village has 808 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 813202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur falls under Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Ganganiyan, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 35 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 Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharagpur is about 11 km away. Ganganiyan is about 14 km away. Sultanganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.