About Kahanpur Village

Kahanpur is a mid sized village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 685, made up of 362 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kahanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kahanpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140111
Area (hectares)	259 hectares
Population	685
Male Population	362
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kahanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kahanpur is the 107th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 259 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 947.

Getting to Kahanpur

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

Kahanpur lies about 44 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 4.3 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 Kahanpur
Nearest railway station	Garhshankar	4.3 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Anandpur Sahib	30 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	44 km

Villages closest to Kahanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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.

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Common questions about Kahanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kahanpur village had a population of 685. That makes it the 107th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Kahanpur village has 362 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kahanpur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kahanpur is 140111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kahanpur covers 259 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kahanpur falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kahanpur is Garhshankar, about 4.3 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 Kahanpur.

Kahanpur is about 44 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kahanpur is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Garhshankar is about 4.3 km away. Nawanshahr is about 14 km away. Anandpur Sahib is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.