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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 999, made up of 500 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144509, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144509
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 999
Male Population 500
Female Population 499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 998
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 138th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 13 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Malupota, 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
Nearest railway station Malupota 3.8 km
Nearest town Banga 6.7 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 18 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanshahr 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 999. That makes it the 138th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Khanpur village has 500 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 144509. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Malupota, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 13 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Malupota is about 3.8 km away. Banga is about 6.7 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadhpur (under 2 km), Mander (under 2 km) and Lakhpur (1.5 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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