About Kanai Village

Kanai is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 259 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 495446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495446
Population	503
Male Population	259
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanai compares

By the 2011 count Kanai is the 145th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kanai

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

Kanai lies about 33 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Gevra Road, about 27 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 Kanai
Nearest town	Bhelai	23 km
Nearest railway station	Gevra Road	27 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	33 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	34 km

Villages closest to Kanai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanai village had a population of 503. That makes it the 145th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Kanai village has 259 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanai has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kanai is 495446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanai falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanai is Gevra Road, about 27 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 Kanai.

Kanai is about 33 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanai is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Bhelai is about 23 km away. Gevra Road is about 27 km away. Bilaspur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.