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About Kanapal Village

Kanapal is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 40 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanapal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494635
Area (hectares) 143.25 hectares
Population 81
Male Population 40
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanapal compares

By the 2011 count Kanapal is the 139th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 143.25 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Kanapal

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

Kanapal lies about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 16 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 Kanapal
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 34 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 34 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 35 km

Villages closest to Kanapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanapal village had a population of 81. That makes it the 139th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Kanapal village has 40 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanapal has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kanapal is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanapal covers 143.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanapal falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kanapal is Bhanupratappur, about 16 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 Kanapal.

Kanapal is about 34 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.

Kanapal is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 16 km away. Durgkondal is about 34 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padgal (under 2 km), Bhelwapani (2.1 km) and Jharripara (2.5 km).

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

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