About Kanai Village

Kanai is a mid sized village in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 584 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Janjgir
Pincode	494635
Area (hectares)	202.9 hectares
Population	1,166
Male Population	584
Female Population	582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanai compares

By the 2011 count Kanai is the 34th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 202.9 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 984.

Getting to Kanai

Kanai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanai from other places

Kanai lies about 6.1 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Champa Junction, about 8.3 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 Kanai
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Janjgir	7.5 km
Nearest town	Jānjgīr	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Champa Junction	8.3 km

Villages closest to Kanai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanai village had a population of 1,166. That makes it the 34th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Kanai village has 584 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanai has about 997 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 984.

The pincode recorded for Kanai is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanai covers 202.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanai falls under Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanai is Champa Junction, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Kanai is about 6.1 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanai is in Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Champa is about 6.1 km away. Janjgir is about 7.5 km away. Jānjgīr is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.