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About Khorda Kanpur Village

Khorda Kanpur is a mid sized village in Goghat I tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,524, made up of 794 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712616, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khorda Kanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khorda Kanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Goghat I
Pincode 712616
Area (hectares) 252.07 hectares
Population 1,524
Male Population 794
Female Population 730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khorda Kanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khorda Kanpur is the 33rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,444 residents. Its 252.07 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Khorda Kanpur

Khorda Kanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khorda Kanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khorda Kanpur from other places

Khorda Kanpur 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 Khorda Kanpur
Nearest railway station Kalyani Main 3.9 km
Nearest town Kānchrāpāra 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Goghat I 11 km
District headquarters Hugli 11 km

Villages closest to Khorda Kanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goghat I 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 Khorda Kanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khorda Kanpur village had a population of 1,524. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,444 residents.

Khorda Kanpur village has 794 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khorda Kanpur has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Khorda Kanpur is 712616. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khorda Kanpur covers 252.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khorda Kanpur falls under Goghat I tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khorda Kanpur is Kalyani Main, about 3.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khorda Kanpur.

Khorda Kanpur 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.

Khorda Kanpur is in Goghat I tehsil of Hugli district. Kalyani Main is about 3.9 km away. Kānchrāpāra is about 7.3 km away. Goghat I 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 Madanmohanpur (3.1 km), Mohanpur (3.1 km) and Beli (8.6 km).

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

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