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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a mid sized village in Nargund tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,052, made up of 526 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gadag
Tehsil Nargund
Pincode 582207
Area (hectares) 617.5 hectares
Population 1,052
Male Population 526
Female Population 526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is the 23rd largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents. Its 617.5 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 957.

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 10+ 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 39 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, about 11 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 Somanakatti 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Nargund 15 km
District headquarters Gadag 39 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nargund 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 1,052. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents.

Khanapur village has 526 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 582207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 617.5 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 Nargund tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Somanakatti, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Khanapur.

Khanapur is about 39 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Nargund tehsil of Gadag district. Somanakatti is about 11 km away. Nargund is about 15 km away. Gadag is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangapur (under 2 km), Radder Naganur (under 2 km) and Hadali (3.5 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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