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About Kanhargoan Village

Kanhargoan is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,910, made up of 933 males and 977 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 897.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanhargoan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanhargoan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 897.98 hectares
Population 1,910
Male Population 933
Female Population 977
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanhargoan compares

By the 2011 count Kanhargoan is the 16th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 897.98 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Kanhargoan

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

Kanhargoan lies about 29 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 7.7 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 Kanhargoan
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 7.8 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 29 km

Villages closest to Kanhargoan

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.

Common questions about Kanhargoan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanhargoan village had a population of 1,910. That makes it the 16th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Kanhargoan village has 933 males and 977 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanhargoan has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Kanhargoan is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanhargoan covers 897.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanhargoan falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanhargoan is Jatkanhar, about 7.7 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 Kanhargoan.

Kanhargoan is about 29 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanhargoan is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 7.7 km away. Dongargarh is about 7.8 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deokatta (1.9 km), Latmarra (2.1 km) and Lohjhari (2.2 km).

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

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