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About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 545, made up of 270 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, 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 Lormi
Pincode 495115
Area (hectares) 476.72 hectares
Population 545
Male Population 270
Female Population 275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 183rd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 476.72 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

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 <5 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 Kanchanpur from other places

Kanchanpur lies about 48 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 29 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
Tehsil headquarters Lormi 4.8 km
Nearest town Mungeli 25 km
Nearest railway station Salkaroad 29 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 48 km

Villages closest to Kanchanpur

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

Common questions about Kanchanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchanpur village had a population of 545. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 270 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Kanchanpur is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchanpur covers 476.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanchanpur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchanpur is Salkaroad, about 29 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 <5 km distance for Kanchanpur.

Kanchanpur is about 48 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 Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 4.8 km away. Mungeli is about 25 km away. Salkaroad is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Budhwara (1.9 km), Pendri Talab (2.3 km) and Sawantpur (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kanchanpur today is likely to be higher.

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