About Kanakpur Village

Kanakpur is a mid sized village in Premnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 770, made up of 385 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 389.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Premnagar
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	389.74 hectares
Population	770
Male Population	385
Female Population	385
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 Kanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanakpur is the 34th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 389.74 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Kanakpur

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

Kanakpur lies about 57 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Korba, about 48 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 Kanakpur
Tehsil headquarters	Premnagar	25 km
Nearest town	Katghora	39 km
Nearest railway station	Korba	48 km
District headquarters	Surguja	57 km

Villages closest to Kanakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakpur village had a population of 770. That makes it the 34th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Kanakpur village has 385 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 998.

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

Kanakpur covers 389.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanakpur falls under Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanakpur is Korba, about 48 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 Kanakpur.

Kanakpur is about 57 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakpur is in Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Premnagar is about 25 km away. Katghora is about 39 km away. Korba is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.