About Kapan Village

Kapan is a large village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,834, made up of 1,956 males and 1,878 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kapan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Akaltara
Pincode	495552
Area (hectares)	685.95 hectares
Population	3,834
Male Population	1,956
Female Population	1,878
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kapan compares

By the 2011 count Kapan is the 8th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 685.95 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Kapan

Kapan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kapan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kapan from other places

Kapan lies about 11 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about under 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 Kapan
Nearest railway station	Kapan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akaltara	6.3 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	11 km

Villages closest to Kapan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapan village had a population of 3,834. That makes it the 8th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Kapan village has 1,956 males and 1,878 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapan has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Kapan is 495552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kapan covers 685.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kapan falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kapan is Kapan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kapan.

Kapan is about 11 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapan is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kapan is about under 2 km away. Akaltara is about 6.3 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.