About Kanso Village

Kanso is a small village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 253 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanso Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanso village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Thathri
Pincode	182203
Area (hectares)	184.1 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	253
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanso compares

By the 2011 count Kanso is the 45th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 184.1 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Kanso

Kanso is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanso as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kanso from other places

Kanso lies about 32 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 71 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 Kanso
Nearest town	Kishtwār	28 km
District headquarters	Doda	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	35 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	71 km

Villages closest to Kanso

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanso village had a population of 475. That makes it the 45th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Kanso village has 253 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanso has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Kanso is 182203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanso covers 184.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanso falls under Thathri tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kanso is Udhampur, about 71 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanso.

Kanso is about 32 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanso is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Kishtwār is about 28 km away. Doda is about 32 km away. Thathri is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.