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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 626, made up of 311 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Pincode 144419
Area (hectares) 175 hectares
Population 626
Male Population 311
Female Population 315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 166th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 175 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

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 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 39 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Bhattian, about 7.8 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 Bhattian 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Phillaur 8.5 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 39 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Phillaur 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 626. That makes it the 166th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Khanpur village has 311 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 144419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 175 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Bhattian, about 7.8 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 village for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 39 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Bhattian is about 7.8 km away. Phillaur is about 8.5 km away. Jalandhar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Landara (under 2 km), Thala (1.6 km) and Palnau (1.6 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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