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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a mid sized village in Shorapur tehsil, in the district of Yadgir, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,340, made up of 651 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 675.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Yadgir
Tehsil Shorapur
Pincode 585216
Area (hectares) 675.72 hectares
Population 1,340
Male Population 651
Female Population 689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is the 92nd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 675.72 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 979.

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 <5 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 48 km from Yadgir, and the nearest railway station is Thangundi, about 45 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 Shorapur 3.2 km
Nearest town Shorāpur 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Thangundi 45 km
District headquarters Yadgir 48 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shorapur 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 1,340. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Khanapur village has 651 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 585216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 675.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanapur falls under Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Thangundi, about 45 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 <5 km distance for Khanapur.

Khanapur is about 48 km from Yadgir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district. Shorapur is about 3.2 km away. Shorāpur is about 3.2 km away. Thangundi is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Venkatapur (2.2 km), Kupgal (3.2 km) and Kumbarpeth (3.3 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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