About Kanipur Village

Kanipur is a large village in Dehgam tehsil, in the district of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,419, made up of 1,736 males and 1,683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanipur village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Gandhinagar
Tehsil	Dehgam
Pincode	382308
Area (hectares)	666.31 hectares
Population	3,419
Male Population	1,736
Female Population	1,683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanipur compares

By the 2011 count Kanipur is the 23rd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,450 residents. Its 666.31 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Kanipur

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

Kanipur lies about 17 km from Gandhinagar, and the nearest railway station is Rakhiyal, about 12 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 Kanipur
Nearest railway station	Rakhiyal	12 km
Nearest town	Prāntij	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dehgam	16 km
District headquarters	Gandhinagar	17 km

Villages closest to Kanipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanipur village had a population of 3,419. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,450 residents.

Kanipur village has 1,736 males and 1,683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanipur has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Kanipur is 382308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanipur covers 666.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanipur falls under Dehgam tehsil of Gandhinagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kanipur is Rakhiyal, about 12 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanipur.

Kanipur is about 17 km from Gandhinagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanipur is in Dehgam tehsil of Gandhinagar district. Rakhiyal is about 12 km away. Prāntij is about 14 km away. Dehgam is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.