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About Khanpur Faqiran Village

Khanpur Faqiran is a mid sized village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,527, made up of 818 males and 709 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Faqiran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur Faqiran village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Sunam
Pincode 148035
Area (hectares) 444.12 hectares
Population 1,527
Male Population 818
Female Population 709
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur Faqiran compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur Faqiran is the 60th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 444.12 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Khanpur Faqiran

Khanpur Faqiran is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanpur Faqiran as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Faqiran from other places

Khanpur Faqiran lies about 18 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Bharur, about 17 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 Faqiran
Nearest town Bhawānīgarh 14 km
Nearest railway station Bharur 17 km
District headquarters Sangrur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Sunam 18 km

Villages closest to Khanpur Faqiran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur Faqiran village had a population of 1,527. That makes it the 60th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Khanpur Faqiran village has 818 males and 709 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur Faqiran has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur Faqiran is 148035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur Faqiran covers 444.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur Faqiran falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur Faqiran is Bharur, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur Faqiran.

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

Khanpur Faqiran is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Bhawānīgarh is about 14 km away. Bharur is about 17 km away. Sangrur 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 Gujran (3.4 km), Khanal Kalan (3.8 km) and Ghanaur Jattan (3.9 km).

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

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