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About Kanhakunda Village

Kanhakunda is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 104 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanhakunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanhakunda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Saraipali
Pincode 492112
Area (hectares) 95.99 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 104
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanhakunda compares

By the 2011 count Kanhakunda is the 212th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 95.99 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1018.

Getting to Kanhakunda

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

Kanhakunda lies about 90 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 63 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 Kanhakunda
Tehsil headquarters Saraipali 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 63 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 90 km

Villages closest to Kanhakunda

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

Common questions about Kanhakunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanhakunda village had a population of 194. That makes it the 212th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Kanhakunda village has 104 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanhakunda has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Kanhakunda is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanhakunda covers 95.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanhakunda falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanhakunda is Komakhan railway station, about 63 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 Kanhakunda.

Kanhakunda is about 90 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanhakunda is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 8.6 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 63 km away. Mahasamund is about 90 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kankewa (1.8 km), Mokhaputka (2.1 km) and Lakhanpali (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kanhakunda today is likely to be higher.

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