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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,966, made up of 1,578 males and 1,388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.47 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 160.47 hectares
Population 2,966
Male Population 1,578
Female Population 1,388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 43rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 160.47 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

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. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 34 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Meja Road, about 1.6 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 Meja Road 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 11 km
District headquarters Allahabad 34 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 34 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meja 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 2,966. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Khanpur village has 1,578 males and 1,388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Khanpur covers 160.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanpur falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Meja Road, about 1.6 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 and private bus service as Available for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 34 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Meja Road is about 1.6 km away. Meja is about 11 km away. Allahabad is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gondaura (1.9 km), Panti (2.1 km) and Bajaha (2.1 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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