About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 589 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1091.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	495116
Area (hectares)	1091.6 hectares
Population	1,134
Male Population	589
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 61st largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 1091.6 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanchanpur as Available. 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 Kanchanpur from other places

Kanchanpur lies about 35 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 6.2 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 Kanchanpur
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	11 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	15 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	35 km

Villages closest to Kanchanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchanpur village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 61st largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 589 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Kanchanpur is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchanpur covers 1091.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanchanpur falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchanpur is Salkaroad, about 6.2 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 village for Kanchanpur.

Kanchanpur is about 35 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchanpur is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Salkaroad is about 6.2 km away. Kota is about 11 km away. Ratanpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.