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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a small village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 63 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Khanapur
Pincode 591131
Area (hectares) 139.47 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 63
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 139.47 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 981.

Getting to Khanapur

Khanapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanapur from other places

Khanapur lies about 24 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Khanapur, 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 Khanapur
Nearest railway station Khanapur under 2 km
District headquarters Belgaum 24 km
Nearest town Belagavi 24 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanapur village had a population of 115. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Khanapur village has 63 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 591131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 139.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanapur falls under Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Khanapur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khanapur.

Khanapur is about 24 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district. Khanapur is about under 2 km away. Belgaum is about 24 km away. Belagavi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Halakarni (under 2 km), Rumewadi (1.7 km) and Manasapur (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khanapur today is likely to be higher.

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