Khanpur, Phillaur

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Khanpur
Village
Khanpur is located in Punjab
Khanpur
Khanpur
Location in Punjab, India
Khanpur is located in India
Khanpur
Khanpur
Khanpur (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
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilPhillaur
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total626[1]
 Sex ratio 311/315 /
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144419
Telephone code01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB 37
Post officeDayalpur
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Khanpur 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.

Caste[edit]

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[edit]

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational primary school (Govt. Primary School Khanpur)[2] and other nearest government high school is located in Apra or Nagar.

Transport[edit]

Rail[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. "Khanpur Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "Detail Of The School". indiawater.gov.in. Retrieved 11 May 2016.