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About Khanipur Village

Khanipur is a mid sized village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 298 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Pincode 721426
Area (hectares) 63.42 hectares
Population 598
Male Population 298
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanipur compares

By the 2011 count Khanipur is the 101st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 63.42 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Khanipur

Khanipur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khanipur as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kamia, Kantapal, Karakpur and Karanji. 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 Khanipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanipur village had a population of 598. That makes it the 101st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Khanipur village has 298 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanipur has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Khanipur is 721426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanipur covers 63.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khanipur falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khanipur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khanipur.

Khanipur is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Khanipur today is likely to be higher.

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