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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a small village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 42 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733124
Area (hectares) 88.93 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 42
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 88.93 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanpur 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Katasan, Kathalbari, Keshabpur and Khagail. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 75. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Khanpur village has 42 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 733124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 88.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanpur falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khanpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ 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.

Khanpur is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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