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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a small village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 98 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 410.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Indora
Pincode 176403
Area (hectares) 410.5 hectares
Population 181
Male Population 98
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 80th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 410.5 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 58 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about 3.9 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 Chak Kalan 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Indora 10 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 58 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Indora 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 181. That makes it the 80th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Khanpur village has 98 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 176403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 410.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanpur falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Chak Kalan, about 3.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 58 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Chak Kalan is about 3.9 km away. Indora is about 10 km away. Mukeriān is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tiora (2.0 km), Manjwan 54 (2.4 km) and Miani (2.7 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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