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About Kanakpur Village

Kanakpur is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 88 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,466 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 224.12 hectares
Population 217
Male Population 88
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,466
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanakpur is the 100th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 224.12 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

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 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 16 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 5.5 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
Nearest railway station Keoti 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 15 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 16 km
Nearest town Kānker 42 km

Villages closest to Kanakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakpur village had a population of 217. That makes it the 100th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Kanakpur village has 88 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakpur has about 1466 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Kanakpur is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakpur covers 224.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanakpur falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanakpur is Keoti, about 5.5 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 Kanakpur.

Kanakpur is about 16 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakpur is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 5.5 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 15 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alawarkalan (under 2 km), Chichmarra (under 2 km) and Asulkhar (1.8 km).

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

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