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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is one of the larger villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,118, made up of 4,465 males and 2,653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 594 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742113, 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 Murshidabad
Tehsil Murshidabad Jiaganj
Pincode 742113
Area (hectares) 359.81 hectares
Population 7,118
Male Population 4,465
Female Population 2,653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 594
Bus Service (public) Available within village
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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 359.81 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khanpur as Available within village. 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 33 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 7.6 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 Khanpur
Nearest railway station Lohapur 7.6 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Murshidabad Jiaganj 33 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 33 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murshidabad Jiaganj 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 7,118. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Khanpur village has 4,465 males and 2,653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 594 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 742113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 359.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanpur falls under Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Lohapur, about 7.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 33 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district. Lohapur is about 7.6 km away. Nalhāti is about 14 km away. Murshidabad Jiaganj is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hamdampur (under 2 km), Bahadurpur (2.8 km) and Rambhadrapur (2.8 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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