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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 760 males and 719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, 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 Garhshankar
Pincode 146102
Area (hectares) 94 hectares
Population 1,479
Male Population 760
Female Population 719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 53rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur 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 Khanpur 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 Khanpur from other places

Khanpur lies about 42 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Malupota, about 3.8 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 Malupota 3.8 km
Nearest town Banga 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 21 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 42 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar 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 1,479. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Khanpur village has 760 males and 719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 146102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanpur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Malupota, about 3.8 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 Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 42 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 Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Malupota is about 3.8 km away. Banga is about 6.7 km away. Garhshankar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bikapur (1.6 km), Nurpur (2.1 km) and Bharowal (5.4 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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