About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is one of the larger villages in Magrahat I tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,101, made up of 2,577 males and 2,524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743355, 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	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Magrahat I
Pincode	743355
Area (hectares)	114.1 hectares
Population	5,101
Male Population	2,577
Female Population	2,524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
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 the 6th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,613 residents. Its 114.1 hectares work out to about 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

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. 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 South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Sangrampur, about 1.6 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	Sangrampur	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Magrahat I	11 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	11 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	12 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Magrahat 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.

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Common questions about Khanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur village had a population of 5,101. That makes it the 6th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,613 residents.

Khanpur village has 2,577 males and 2,524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 743355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 114.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khanpur falls under Magrahat I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Sangrampur, about 1.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khanpur.

Khanpur is about 11 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Magrahat I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Sangrampur is about 1.6 km away. Magrahat I is about 11 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.