About Kanchri Village

Kanchri is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 850, made up of 412 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	494122
Area (hectares)	257.53 hectares
Population	850
Male Population	412
Female Population	438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchri compares

By the 2011 count Kanchri is the 74th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 257.53 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Kanchri

Kanchri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanchri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Kanchri from other places

Kanchri lies about 41 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 36 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 Kanchri
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	5.1 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	36 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	41 km

Villages closest to Kanchri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchri village had a population of 850. That makes it the 74th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Kanchri village has 412 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchri has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Kanchri is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchri covers 257.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchri falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchri is Murhipar, about 36 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 - 10 km distance for Kanchri.

Kanchri is about 41 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchri is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 5.1 km away. Khairāgarh is about 5.1 km away. Murhipar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.