About Nela Kanker Village

Nela Kanker is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 139 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 860.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nela Kanker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nela Kanker village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Usur
Pincode	494447
Area (hectares)	860.84 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	139
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nela Kanker compares

By the 2011 count Nela Kanker is the 74th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 860.84 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Nela Kanker

Nela Kanker is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nela Kanker as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Nela Kanker from other places

Nela Kanker lies about 43 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 50 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 Nela Kanker
Tehsil headquarters	Usur	14 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	43 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	50 km
Nearest town	Manuguru	53 km

Villages closest to Nela Kanker

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Usur 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 Nela Kanker

As per the Census of India 2011, Nela Kanker village had a population of 271. That makes it the 74th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Nela Kanker village has 139 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nela Kanker has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Nela Kanker is 494447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nela Kanker covers 860.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nela Kanker falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nela Kanker is Kirandul, about 50 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nela Kanker.

Nela Kanker is about 43 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nela Kanker is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Usur is about 14 km away. Bijapur is about 43 km away. Kirandul is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.