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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a small village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 234 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Anandpur Sahib
Pincode 140133
Area (hectares) 122 hectares
Population 442
Male Population 234
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 139th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Khanpur

Khanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 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 Khanpur
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 Khanpur

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.

Common questions about Khanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur village had a population of 442. That makes it the 139th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Khanpur village has 234 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 889 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 Khanpur is 140133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 122 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 Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur 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.

Khanpur 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.

The closest recorded villages are Kahanpur (under 2 km), Tarapur (3.9 km) and Bikapur (10 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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