Khanpurਖਾਨਪੁਰ

Where is Khanpur?

Khanpur is a village of Malerkotla tehsil in Malerkotla district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039477, and it covers 464 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,374 people in Khanpur: 711 men and 663 women, living in 253 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 464 hectares, the population density works out to about 296 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 932 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 141, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 493 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.32 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.34 per cent and women at 71.96 per cent. The census recorded 427 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 405 main workers, the largest group, 313, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 81 cultivators on their own land and 9 household industry workers. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khanpur's land. Of the village's 464 hectares, 429 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (68 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (361 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 83 cultivators and 3 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Khanpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Malerkotla, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhaini Kamboan, Chandigarh, Ranwan and Bunga.

What is the population of Khanpur?

The population of Khanpur was 1,374 at the 2011 census, living in 253 households in Malerkotla tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Khanpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Khanpur has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.