About Kanakot Village

Kanakot is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 259 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Dabhra
Pincode	495688
Area (hectares)	181.39 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	259
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanakot compares

By the 2011 count Kanakot is the 108th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 181.39 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Kanakot

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

Kanakot lies about 55 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 10 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 Kanakot
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dabhra	13 km
Nearest town	Saktī	21 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	55 km

Villages closest to Kanakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakot village had a population of 533. That makes it the 108th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Kanakot village has 259 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakot has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Kanakot is 495688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakot covers 181.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanakot falls under Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanakot is Kharsia, about 10 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 Kanakot.

Kanakot is about 55 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakot is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kharsia is about 10 km away. Dabhra is about 13 km away. Saktī is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.