About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a small village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 130 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, 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	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	74.04 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	130
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 205th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 74.04 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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 53 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 41 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	Mungeli	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	41 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	53 km

Villages closest to Kanchanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mungeli 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 246. That makes it the 205th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 130 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Kanchanpur is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchanpur covers 74.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchanpur falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchanpur is Kargi Road, about 41 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 53 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 Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 12 km away. Kargi Road is about 41 km away. Bilaspur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.