About Alkanhar Village

Alkanhar is a mid sized village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 429 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alkanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alkanhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Mohla
Pincode	491666
Area (hectares)	318.92 hectares
Population	834
Male Population	429
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alkanhar compares

By the 2011 count Alkanhar is the 18th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 318.92 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Alkanhar

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

Alkanhar lies about 23 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about under 2 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 Alkanhar
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	under 2 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohla	23 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	23 km

Villages closest to Alkanhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkanhar village had a population of 834. That makes it the 18th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Alkanhar village has 429 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkanhar has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Alkanhar is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alkanhar covers 318.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alkanhar falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alkanhar is Jatkanhar, about under 2 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 Alkanhar.

Alkanhar is about 23 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alkanhar is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about under 2 km away. Dongargarh is about 6.9 km away. Mohla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.