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About Khanpur Kalan Village

Khanpur Kalan is a mid sized village in Thawe tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 406 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Thawe
Area (hectares) 84 hectares
Population 815
Male Population 406
Female Population 409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur Kalan is the 38th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,370 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Khanpur Kalan

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

How far is Khanpur Kalan from other places

Khanpur Kalan lies about 16 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Manjhagarh, about 11 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Manjhagarh 11 km
Nearest town Mirganj 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Thawe 14 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 16 km

Villages closest to Khanpur Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur Kalan village had a population of 815. That makes it the 38th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,370 residents.

Khanpur Kalan village has 406 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur Kalan has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Khanpur Kalan covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur Kalan falls under Thawe tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur Kalan is Manjhagarh, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khanpur Kalan.

Khanpur Kalan is about 16 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur Kalan is in Thawe tehsil of Gopalganj district. Manjhagarh is about 11 km away. Mirganj is about 13 km away. Thawe is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanpur Azmat (under 2 km), Jagdishpur (8.9 km) and Sukulwa Khurd (11 km).

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

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