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About Anjani Village

Anjani is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,271, made up of 625 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anjani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anjani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 491332
Area (hectares) 575.42 hectares
Population 1,271
Male Population 625
Female Population 646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anjani compares

By the 2011 count Anjani is the 22nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 575.42 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1036.

Getting to Anjani

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

Anjani lies about 38 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 50 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 Anjani
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 10 km
Nearest town Kānker 10 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 38 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 50 km

Villages closest to Anjani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anjani village had a population of 1,271. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Anjani village has 625 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anjani has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Anjani is 491332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anjani covers 575.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anjani falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Anjani is Dhamtari, about 50 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 Anjani.

Anjani is about 38 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.

Anjani is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 10 km away. Kānker is about 10 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puswada (2.1 km), Patoud (3.6 km) and Satlor (4.3 km).

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

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