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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Nagra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 509 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Nagra
Area (hectares) 98 hectares
Population 943
Male Population 509
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 40th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,102 residents. Its 98 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 26 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Khairah, about under 2 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 Khairah under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagra 4.8 km
Nearest town Chāpra 8.7 km
District headquarters Saran 26 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagra 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 943. That makes it the 40th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,102 residents.

Khanpur village has 509 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Khanpur covers 98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur falls under Nagra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Khairah, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 26 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 Nagra tehsil of Saran district. Khairah is about under 2 km away. Nagra is about 4.8 km away. Chāpra is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira (under 2 km), Madaria (under 2 km) and Loha Chhapra (under 2 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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