Khanpur, Phillaur

Not to be confused with Khanpur.
For other uses, see Khanpur (disambiguation).
Khanpur
ਖਾਨਪੁਰ
Village
Khanpur
Khanpur

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°03′57″N 75°51′21″E / 31.0658814°N 75.8558938°E / 31.0658814; 75.8558938Coordinates: 31°03′57″N 75°51′21″E / 31.0658814°N 75.8558938°E / 31.0658814; 75.8558938
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 626[1]
  Sex ratio 311/315 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144419
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Post office Dayalpur
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Khanpur (Punjabi: ਖਾਨਪੁਰ) is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village. It is situated on Phillaur-Apra road and located 3.8 km away from Nagar, 3 km from census town Apra, 54 km from Jalandhar and 121 km from state capital Chandigarh. Khanpur has postal head office in Dayalpur which is 8 km away from the village.[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 78.27% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational primary school (Govt. Primary School Khanpur)[3] and other nearest government high school is located in Apra or Nagar.

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station which is situated 10.6 km away, however, Goraya Railway Station is 15 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 41 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also a second nearest international airport is 148 km away in Amritsar.

References

  1. "Khanpur Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. "Detail Of The School". indiawater.gov.in. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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