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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,118, made up of 556 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 672.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Aurad
Pincode 585421
Area (hectares) 672.61 hectares
Population 1,118
Male Population 556
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is the 91st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 672.61 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

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 village. 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 Aurad, and the nearest railway station is Bidar, about 17 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 Bidar 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Aurad 24 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Aurad 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 1,118. That makes it the 91st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Khanapur village has 556 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 585421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 672.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanapur falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Bidar, about 17 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 village for Khanapur.

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

Khanapur is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Bidar is about 17 km away. Aurad 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 Sorhalli (3.2 km), Hippalgaon (3.5 km) and Pashapur (4.0 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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