About Khanan Village

Khanan is a mid sized village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,731, made up of 924 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares.

Khanan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	1,731
Male Population	924
Female Population	807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
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 Khanan compares

By the 2011 count Khanan is the 27th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Khanan

Khanan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanan 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 Khanan from other places

Khanan lies about 16 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 32 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 Khanan
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	4.5 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	16 km
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	32 km

Villages closest to Khanan

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

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Common questions about Khanan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanan village had a population of 1,731. That makes it the 27th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Khanan village has 924 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Khanan covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanan falls under Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khanan is Srinagar Railway Station, about 32 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 Khanan.

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

Khanan is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 4.5 km away. Ganderbal is about 16 km away. Srinagar Railway Station is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.