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About Khanapur Village

Khanapur is a large village in Nawapur tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,121, made up of 1,569 males and 1,552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 906.86 hectares hectares.

Khanapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Nawapur
Area (hectares) 906.86 hectares
Population 3,121
Male Population 1,569
Female Population 1,552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
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 8th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 906.86 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 31 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Khatgaon, about 14 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 Khatgaon 14 km
Nearest town Navāpur 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawapur 31 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 31 km

Villages closest to Khanapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawapur 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 3,121. That makes it the 8th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Khanapur village has 1,569 males and 1,552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanapur has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Khanapur covers 906.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanapur falls under Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khanapur is Khatgaon, about 14 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 31 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanapur is in Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district. Khatgaon is about 14 km away. Navāpur is about 27 km away. Nawapur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Morkaranje (under 2 km), Malai (under 2 km) and Adalse (2.0 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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