About Kanwalajhar Village

Kanwalajhar is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 998, made up of 550 males and 448 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanwalajhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanwalajhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Dabhra
Pincode	495688
Area (hectares)	295.03 hectares
Population	998
Male Population	550
Female Population	448
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	815
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanwalajhar compares

By the 2011 count Kanwalajhar is the 65th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 295.03 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1002.

Getting to Kanwalajhar

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

Kanwalajhar lies about 69 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 47 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 Kanwalajhar
Tehsil headquarters	Dabhra	24 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	47 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	69 km

Villages closest to Kanwalajhar

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 Kanwalajhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanwalajhar village had a population of 998. That makes it the 65th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Kanwalajhar village has 550 males and 448 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanwalajhar has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Kanwalajhar covers 295.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kanwalajhar is Kharsia, about 47 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 Kanwalajhar.

Kanwalajhar is about 69 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanwalajhar is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 24 km away. Saraipali is about 29 km away. Kharsia is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.