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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 264 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144212
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 533
Male Population 264
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 201st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 4.5 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 Khuda Kurala 4.5 km
Nearest town Urmar 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 10 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 30 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 533. That makes it the 201st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Khanpur village has 264 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 144212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Khuda Kurala, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Khanpur is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 4.5 km away. Urmar is about 8.1 km away. Dasua is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dehriwala (under 2 km), Shekhupur Kalan (under 2 km) and Mahal (under 2 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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