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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,562, made up of 825 males and 737 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 843.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585327, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Aland
Pincode 585327
Area (hectares) 843.57 hectares
Population 1,562
Male Population 825
Female Population 737
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is the 68th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 843.57 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 949.

Getting to Khanapur

Khanapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 <5 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 47 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kulali, about 24 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
Tehsil headquarters Aland 10 km
Nearest railway station Kulali 24 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 47 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Aland 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 1,562. That makes it the 68th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Khanapur village has 825 males and 737 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 585327. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 843.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanapur falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Kulali, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 47 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Aland is about 10 km away. Kulali is about 24 km away. Gulbarga is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padsawali (3.0 km), Sawleshwar (3.8 km) and Hebli (4.4 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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