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About Kanharpuri Village

Kanharpuri is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 650, made up of 320 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanharpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanharpuri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 137.17 hectares
Population 650
Male Population 320
Female Population 330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanharpuri compares

By the 2011 count Kanharpuri is the 125th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 137.17 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Kanharpuri

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

Kanharpuri lies about 27 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 24 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 Kanharpuri
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 23 km
Nearest railway station Bakal 24 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 27 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 27 km

Villages closest to Kanharpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanharpuri village had a population of 650. That makes it the 125th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Kanharpuri village has 320 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanharpuri has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Kanharpuri is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanharpuri covers 137.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanharpuri falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanharpuri is Bakal, about 24 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 km distance for Kanharpuri.

Kanharpuri is about 27 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanharpuri is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 23 km away. Bakal is about 24 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori (under 2 km), Pangri Kalan (1.9 km) and Muchedand (2.2 km).

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

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