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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 122 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 216 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 122
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 84th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 913.

Getting to Khanpur

The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 32 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Miyana, about 8.5 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 Khanpur
Nearest railway station Miyana 8.5 km
Nearest town Guna 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 32 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 32 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shadhora 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 Khanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur village had a population of 245. That makes it the 84th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Khanpur village has 122 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Khanpur covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanpur falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Miyana, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 32 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Miyana is about 8.5 km away. Guna is about 28 km away. Shadhora is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behata (under 2 km), Mehmuda (2.0 km) and Gyanpur (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khanpur today is likely to be higher.

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