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About Alkanhar Village

Alkanhar is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 47 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, 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 Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 321.28 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 47
Female Population 44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alkanhar compares

By the 2011 count Alkanhar is the 152nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 321.28 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

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 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 63 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dalli Rajhara, about 23 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 Dalli Rajhara 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 24 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 24 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 63 km

Villages closest to Alkanhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkanhar village had a population of 91. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Alkanhar village has 47 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkanhar has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Alkanhar is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alkanhar covers 321.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alkanhar falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alkanhar is Dalli Rajhara, about 23 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 Alkanhar.

Alkanhar is about 63 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 Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dalli Rajhara is about 23 km away. Manpur is about 24 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dokla (3.8 km), Dighwadi (4.3 km) and Hathra (6.5 km).

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

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