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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a small village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 20 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143515
Area (hectares) 62 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 20
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 910.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 49 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Beas Junction, about 11 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 Beas Junction 11 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 27 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 49 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Batala 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 40. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Khanpur village has 20 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 143515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanpur falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Beas Junction, about 11 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 49 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Beas Junction is about 11 km away. Kartārpur is about 23 km away. Batala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khokhowal (4.3 km), Padda (4.9 km) and Talwandi Bhindran (5.9 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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