About Kaneri Village

Kaneri is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 291 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,203 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaneri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaneri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	361.92 hectares
Population	641
Male Population	291
Female Population	350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,203
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaneri compares

By the 2011 count Kaneri is the 103rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 361.92 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Kaneri

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

Kaneri lies about 53 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 15 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 Kaneri
Nearest railway station	Bortalao	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	26 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	53 km

Villages closest to Kaneri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaneri village had a population of 641. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Kaneri village has 291 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaneri has about 1203 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Kaneri is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaneri covers 361.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaneri falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kaneri is Bortalao, about 15 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 Kaneri.

Kaneri is about 53 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaneri is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about 15 km away. Dongargarh is about 26 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.