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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a large village in Dariapur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,414, made up of 1,226 males and 1,188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Dariapur
Area (hectares) 75 hectares
Population 2,414
Male Population 1,226
Female Population 1,188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 35th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Khanpur

The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 88 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad, about 22 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 Arwal 13 km
Nearest railway station Jehanabad 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Dariapur 30 km
District headquarters Saran 88 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dariapur 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 2,414. That makes it the 35th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents.

Khanpur village has 1,226 males and 1,188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Khanpur covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanpur falls under Dariapur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Jehanabad, about 22 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 <5 km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 88 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Dariapur tehsil of Saran district. Arwal is about 13 km away. Jehanabad is about 22 km away. Dariapur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barwa (under 2 km), Khirkia (1.7 km) and Hewantpur (2.0 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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