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About Khanpur Village

Khanpur is a mid sized village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 787, made up of 377 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, 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 Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Kaliaganj
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 178.71 hectares
Population 787
Male Population 377
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanpur compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur is the 106th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 178.71 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Khanpur

Khanpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. 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 - 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 16 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhachna, about 16 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 Dhachna 16 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 16 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaliaganj 34 km

Villages closest to Khanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kaliaganj 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 787. That makes it the 106th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Khanpur village has 377 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur is 733132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur covers 178.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanpur falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur is Dhachna, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 16 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dhachna is about 16 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 16 km away. Rāiganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohanpur (under 2 km), Fatepur (10 km) and Madanpur (19 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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