About Kanpa Village

Kanpa is a large village in Bikram tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,194, made up of 1,713 males and 1,481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161 hectares hectares.

Kanpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanpa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Bikram
Area (hectares)	161 hectares
Population	3,194
Male Population	1,713
Female Population	1,481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanpa compares

By the 2011 count Kanpa is the 14th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,283 residents. Its 161 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Kanpa

Kanpa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanpa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanpa from other places

Kanpa lies about 38 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Pali, about 14 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 Kanpa
Tehsil headquarters	Bikram	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Pali	14 km
District headquarters	Patna	38 km

Villages closest to Kanpa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bikram 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.

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Common questions about Kanpa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanpa village had a population of 3,194. That makes it the 14th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,283 residents.

Kanpa village has 1,713 males and 1,481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanpa has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Kanpa covers 161 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kanpa falls under Bikram tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kanpa is Pali, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanpa.

Kanpa is about 38 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanpa is in Bikram tehsil of Patna district. Bikram is about 6.2 km away. Pali is about 14 km away. Patna is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.