About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a mid sized village in Ambikapur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,124, made up of 573 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ambikapur
Pincode	497001
Area (hectares)	344.71 hectares
Population	1,124
Male Population	573
Female Population	551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 63rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,300 residents. Its 344.71 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Kanchanpur

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

Kanchanpur lies about 25 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 21 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 Kanchanpur
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambikapur	25 km
District headquarters	Surguja	25 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	25 km

Villages closest to Kanchanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchanpur village had a population of 1,124. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,300 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 573 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Kanchanpur is 497001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchanpur covers 344.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchanpur falls under Ambikapur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchanpur is Bishrampur, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Kanchanpur.

Kanchanpur is about 25 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchanpur is in Ambikapur tehsil of Surguja district. Bishrampur is about 21 km away. Ambikapur is about 25 km away. Surguja is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.