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About Kishanpur Village

Kishanpur is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 144 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kishanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kishanpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 58.29 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 144
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kishanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kishanpur is the 87th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 58.29 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Kishanpur

Kishanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kishanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kishanpur from other places

Kishanpur lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 9.6 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 Kishanpur
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 9.6 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 9.6 km
District headquarters Garhwal 18 km

Villages closest to Kishanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kishanpur village had a population of 279. That makes it the 87th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kishanpur village has 144 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kishanpur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kishanpur is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kishanpur covers 58.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kishanpur falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kishanpur is Kotdwara, about 9.6 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 10+ km distance for Kishanpur.

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

Kishanpur is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwara is about 9.6 km away. Kotdwāra is about 9.6 km away. Garhwal 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 Bishanpur (under 2 km), Maganpur (under 2 km) and Balaganj (under 2 km).

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

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