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About Khanpur Gahrian Village

Khanpur Gahrian is a mid sized village in Samana tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 643, made up of 351 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Gahrian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur Gahrian village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Samana
Pincode 147101
Area (hectares) 282 hectares
Population 643
Male Population 351
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur Gahrian compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur Gahrian is the 62nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 889.

Getting to Khanpur Gahrian

Khanpur Gahrian is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanpur Gahrian 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 Gahrian from other places

Khanpur Gahrian lies about 23 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kalhemajra, about 14 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 Gahrian
Tehsil headquarters Samana 6.5 km
Nearest town Samāna 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Kalhemajra 14 km
District headquarters Patiala 23 km

Villages closest to Khanpur Gahrian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur Gahrian village had a population of 643. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Khanpur Gahrian village has 351 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur Gahrian has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

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

Khanpur Gahrian covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur Gahrian falls under Samana tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur Gahrian is Kalhemajra, about 14 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 Gahrian.

Khanpur Gahrian is about 23 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur Gahrian is in Samana tehsil of Patiala district. Samana is about 6.5 km away. Samāna is about 6.5 km away. Kalhemajra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Danipur (under 2 km), Achral Kalan (2.2 km) and Miyal (2.4 km).

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

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