About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a small village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 404, made up of 202 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, 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	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	88.3 hectares
Population	404
Male Population	202
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 85th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 88.3 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

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 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhanpur	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	21 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 Lakhanpur 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 404. That makes it the 85th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 202 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kanchanpur is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchanpur covers 88.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchanpur falls under Lakhanpur 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 5 - 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 Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. Lakhanpur is about 4.1 km away. Bishrampur is about 21 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.