About Khan Pur Village

Khan Pur is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,461, made up of 778 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khan Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khan Pur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184147
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	1,461
Male Population	778
Female Population	683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khan Pur compares

By the 2011 count Khan Pur is the 20th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Khan Pur

Khan Pur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khan Pur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khan Pur from other places

Khan Pur lies about 52 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Vijaypur Jammu, about 6.2 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 Khan Pur
Nearest railway station	Vijaypur Jammu	6.2 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	26 km
District headquarters	Kathua	52 km

Villages closest to Khan Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hiranagar 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 Khan Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khan Pur village had a population of 1,461. That makes it the 20th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Khan Pur village has 778 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khan Pur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Khan Pur is 184147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khan Pur covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khan Pur falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khan Pur is Vijaypur Jammu, about 6.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khan Pur.

Khan Pur is about 52 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khan Pur is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Vijaypur Jammu is about 6.2 km away. Sāmba is about 12 km away. Hiranagar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.