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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a small village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 191 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 443301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Mehkar
Pincode 443301
Area (hectares) 280.42 hectares
Population 351
Male Population 191
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanapur compares

By the 2011 count Khanapur is the 125th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 280.42 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 932.

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 10+ 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 58 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 51 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 Mehkar 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Jaulka 51 km
District headquarters Buldana 58 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mehkar 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 351. That makes it the 125th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Khanapur village has 191 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Khanapur is 443301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanapur covers 280.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanapur falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Jaulka, about 51 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 10+ km distance for Khanapur.

Khanapur is about 58 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 4.6 km away. Jaulka is about 51 km away. Buldana is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandala (under 2 km), Jamgaon (1.6 km) and Pimpri Mali (2.6 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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