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By population, Khanapur ranks #58 of 98 villages in Aurad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khanapur is a village of 1,118 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Aurad taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 58th-largest of 98 villages in Aurad taluk. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 585421, served by Santhpur post office; the LGD village code is 600111. The village votes in Sedam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Sharanprakash Rudrappa Patil. The population is estimated at 1,318 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Wadgaon (D) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khanapur · this village | 1,118 | 55% | — |
| Wadgaon Deshmukh · Aurad | 3,996 | 47% | — |
| Sorhalli · Aurad | 1,539 | 50% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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