About Kansa Village

Kansa is a large village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,486, made up of 1,253 males and 1,233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 802.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kansa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kansa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Dabhra
Pincode	495688
Area (hectares)	802.1 hectares
Population	2,486
Male Population	1,253
Female Population	1,233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kansa compares

By the 2011 count Kansa is the 10th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 802.1 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Kansa

Kansa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kansa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kansa from other places

Kansa lies about 57 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 17 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 Kansa
Tehsil headquarters	Dabhra	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	17 km
Nearest town	Saktī	26 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	57 km

Villages closest to Kansa

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 Kansa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kansa village had a population of 2,486. That makes it the 10th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Kansa village has 1,253 males and 1,233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kansa has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Kansa covers 802.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kansa is Kharsia, about 17 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 - 10 km distance for Kansa.

Kansa is about 57 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kansa is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 6.7 km away. Kharsia is about 17 km away. Saktī is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.