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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a mid sized village in Bhalki tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 511 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 827.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585413, 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 Bhalki
Pincode 585413
Area (hectares) 827.94 hectares
Population 1,023
Male Population 511
Female Population 512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
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 87th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 827.94 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 962.

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 15 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Khanapur Junction, 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 Junction under 2 km
District headquarters Bidar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhalki 22 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhalki 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 1,023. That makes it the 87th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Khanapur village has 511 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 585413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 827.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanapur falls under Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Khanapur Junction, 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 village for Khanapur.

Khanapur is about 15 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district. Khanapur Junction is about under 2 km away. Bidar is about 15 km away. Bhalki is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malchapur (2.0 km), Sevanagar (3.1 km) and Dhanura (5.1 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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