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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a small village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 64 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Samrala
Pincode 141121
Area (hectares) 54 hectares
Population 128
Male Population 64
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 176th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

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 village. 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 28 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, 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 town Māchhīwāra 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Rahon 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Samrala 15 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 28 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samrala 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 128. That makes it the 176th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Khanpur village has 64 males and 64 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 908.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 141121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Rahon, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 28 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 7.8 km away. Rahon is about 11 km away. Samrala is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahimabad Kalan (under 2 km), Bullewal (under 2 km) and Udhowal Kalan (1.9 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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