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About Khanpur Chain Village

Khanpur Chain is a mid sized village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,543, made up of 824 males and 719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.98 hectares hectares.

Khanpur Chain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur Chain village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Derapur
Area (hectares) 188.98 hectares
Population 1,543
Male Population 824
Female Population 719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur Chain compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur Chain is the 65th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 188.98 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Khanpur Chain

Khanpur Chain is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanpur Chain 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanpur Chain from other places

Khanpur Chain lies about 7.1 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 4.0 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 Chain
Nearest railway station Phaphund 4.0 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 6.6 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Derapur 12 km

Villages closest to Khanpur Chain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur Chain village had a population of 1,543. That makes it the 65th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Khanpur Chain village has 824 males and 719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur Chain has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Khanpur Chain covers 188.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur Chain falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur Chain is Phaphund, about 4.0 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khanpur Chain.

Khanpur Chain is about 7.1 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur Chain is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Phaphund is about 4.0 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 6.6 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akaru (1.6 km), Murera Bikram Singh (1.8 km) and Juriya (2.4 km).

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

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