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About Khanpura Village

Khanpura is a small village in Karai Parsurai tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 202 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares.

Khanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpura village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Nalanda
Tehsil Karai Parsurai
Area (hectares) 69 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 202
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanpura compares

By the 2011 count Khanpura is the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,684 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Khanpura

Khanpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanpura 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanpura from other places

Khanpura lies about 25 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Sarthua, about 4.7 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 Khanpura
Nearest railway station Sarthua 4.7 km
Nearest town Hilsa 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Karai Parsurai 25 km
District headquarters Nalanda 25 km

Villages closest to Khanpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karai Parsurai 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 Khanpura

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpura village had a population of 393. That makes it the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,684 residents.

Khanpura village has 202 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpura has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Khanpura covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpura falls under Karai Parsurai tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanpura is Sarthua, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 Khanpura.

Khanpura is about 25 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpura is in Karai Parsurai tehsil of Nalanda district. Sarthua is about 4.7 km away. Hilsa is about 8.5 km away. Karai Parsurai is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sandh (under 2 km), Sab Chak (under 2 km) and Khokhna (under 2 km).

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

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