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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,255, made up of 664 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.02 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Area (hectares) 111.02 hectares
Population 1,255
Male Population 664
Female Population 591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 37th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 111.02 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

How far is Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 27 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 3.6 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 Chatra 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 11 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 11 km
District headquarters Pakur 27 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maheshpur 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 1,255. That makes it the 37th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Khanpur village has 664 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Khanpur covers 111.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Chatra, about 3.6 km away in a straight line.

Khanpur is about 27 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Chatra is about 3.6 km away. Maheshpur is about 11 km away. Nalhāti is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simpur (under 2 km), Ganeshpur (2.2 km) and Bankura (2.5 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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