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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 697 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 720 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.64 hectares hectares.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ahmadnagar
Tehsil Akola
Area (hectares) 276.64 hectares
Population 1,199
Male Population 697
Female Population 502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 720
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is the 80th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,484 residents. Its 276.64 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

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 <5 km distance. 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 86 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Ramtek, about 8.6 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 town Rāmtek 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Ramtek 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Akola 15 km
District headquarters Ahmadnagar 86 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akola 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 1,199. That makes it the 80th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,484 residents.

Khanapur village has 697 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 720 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Khanapur covers 276.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanapur falls under Akola tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Ramtek, about 8.6 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 <5 km distance for Khanapur.

Khanapur is about 86 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Akola tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Rāmtek is about 7.4 km away. Ramtek is about 8.6 km away. Akola is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mogras (2.6 km), Hivargaon (8.3 km) and Ghoti (9.3 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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