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About Khanpur Gandean Village

Khanpur Gandean is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,979, made up of 1,086 males and 893 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Gandean Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur Gandean village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 147101
Area (hectares) 358 hectares
Population 1,979
Male Population 1,086
Female Population 893
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 822
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanpur Gandean compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur Gandean is the 34th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 358 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Khanpur Gandean

Khanpur Gandean is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanpur Gandean 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanpur Gandean from other places

Khanpur Gandean lies about 18 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kauli, 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 Gandean
Nearest railway station Kauli 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 7.3 km
District headquarters Patiala 18 km

Villages closest to Khanpur Gandean

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajpura 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 Gandean

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur Gandean village had a population of 1,979. That makes it the 34th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Khanpur Gandean village has 1,086 males and 893 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur Gandean has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur Gandean is 147101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur Gandean covers 358 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur Gandean falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur Gandean is Kauli, about 3.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur Gandean.

Khanpur Gandean is about 18 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur Gandean is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Kauli is about 3.8 km away. Rajpura is about 7.3 km away. Patiala is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kheri Gandean (1.8 km), Alawal Majra (2.2 km) and Nardu (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khanpur Gandean today is likely to be higher.

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