About Kanena Village

Kanena is a small village in Junga tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 30 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanena village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Junga
Pincode	173217
Area (hectares)	65.14 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	30
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanena compares

By the 2011 count Kanena is the 47th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 230 residents. Its 65.14 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 951.

Getting to Kanena

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

Kanena lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 11 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 Kanena
Tehsil headquarters	Junga	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	11 km
Nearest town	Solan	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Kanena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanena village had a population of 62. That makes it the 47th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 230 residents.

Kanena village has 30 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanena has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Kanena is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanena covers 65.14 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.

Kanena falls under Junga tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanena is Salogra, about 11 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 village for Kanena.

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

Kanena is in Junga tehsil of Shimla district. Junga is about 7.2 km away. Salogra is about 11 km away. Solan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.