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About Khandar Village

Khandar is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,622, made up of 831 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.85 hectares hectares.

Khandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Shikarpur
Area (hectares) 261.85 hectares
Population 1,622
Male Population 831
Female Population 791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandar compares

By the 2011 count Khandar is the 98th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 261.85 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Khandar

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

Khandar lies about 28 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, 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 Khandar
Tehsil headquarters Shikarpur 8.3 km
Nearest town Shikārpūr 8.3 km
Nearest railway station Danwar 17 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 28 km

Villages closest to Khandar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandar village had a population of 1,622. That makes it the 98th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Khandar village has 831 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandar has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 895.

Khandar covers 261.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khandar falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khandar is Danwar, 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 and private bus service as Available for Khandar.

Khandar is about 28 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandar is in Shikarpur tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Shikarpur is about 8.3 km away. Shikārpūr is about 8.3 km away. Danwar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Urdmi (under 2 km), Kiryawali (under 2 km) and Nagla Dalpatpur (2.4 km).

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

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