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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,544, made up of 823 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Roorkee
Pincode 247661
Area (hectares) 176.92 hectares
Population 1,544
Male Population 823
Female Population 721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 142nd largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 176.92 hectares work out to about 8.7 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 869.

Getting to Khanpur

The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 from other places

Khanpur lies about 34 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Iqbalpur, about 5.8 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 Iqbalpur 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Roorkee 10 km
District headquarters Hardwar 34 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Roorkee 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 1,544. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Khanpur village has 823 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 247661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 176.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanpur falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Iqbalpur, about 5.8 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 <5 km distance for Khanpur.

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

Khanpur is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Iqbalpur is about 5.8 km away. Roorkee is about 10 km away. Hardwar 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 Khanpur Jat (under 2 km), Ruhalki Dayalpur (under 2 km) and Karaundi (under 2 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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