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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a large village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,031, made up of 1,005 males and 1,026 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 986.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585313, 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 Chincholi
Pincode 585313
Area (hectares) 986.97 hectares
Population 2,031
Male Population 1,005
Female Population 1,026
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
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 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 986.97 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

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 86 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Rukmapur, about 4.3 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 Rukmapur 4.3 km
Nearest town Tandur 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chincholi 30 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 86 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chincholi 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 2,031. That makes it the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Khanapur village has 1,005 males and 1,026 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 585313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 986.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanapur falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Rukmapur, about 4.3 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 86 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 Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Rukmapur is about 4.3 km away. Tandur is about 9.2 km away. Chincholi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mambapur (2.3 km), Antwaram (5.4 km) and Allapur (9.5 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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