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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a large village in Chanditala II tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,427, made up of 1,582 males and 1,845 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,166 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712702, 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 Hugli
Tehsil Chanditala II
Pincode 712702
Area (hectares) 103.54 hectares
Population 3,427
Male Population 1,582
Female Population 1,845
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,166
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 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents. Its 103.54 hectares work out to about 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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 11 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Kalyani Main, about 3.9 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 Kalyani Main 3.9 km
Nearest town Kānchrāpāra 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanditala II 11 km
District headquarters Hugli 11 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanditala II 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 3,427. That makes it the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents.

Khanpur village has 1,582 males and 1,845 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 1166 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 712702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 103.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanpur falls under Chanditala II tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Kalyani Main, about 3.9 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 11 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Chanditala II tehsil of Hugli district. Kalyani Main is about 3.9 km away. Kānchrāpāra is about 7.3 km away. Chanditala II is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Benipur (5.2 km), Adan (6.7 km) and Madhabpur (6.7 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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