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About Kanaheat Village

Kanaheat is a small village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 189 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanaheat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanaheat village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Nowshehra
Pincode 185155
Area (hectares) 200.7 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 189
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
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 Kanaheat compares

By the 2011 count Kanaheat is the 42nd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 200.7 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Kanaheat

Kanaheat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanaheat 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 Kanaheat from other places

Kanaheat lies about 25 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, 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 Kanaheat
Tehsil headquarters Nowshehra 15 km
District headquarters Rajouri 25 km
Nearest town Rajaori 26 km
Nearest railway station Dugga 50 km

Villages closest to Kanaheat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanaheat village had a population of 375. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Kanaheat village has 189 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanaheat has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Kanaheat is 185155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanaheat covers 200.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanaheat falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kanaheat is Dugga, 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanaheat.

Kanaheat is about 25 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanaheat is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 15 km away. Rajouri is about 25 km away. Rajaori is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghania (6.8 km), Kalar (8.2 km) and Pandori (10 km).

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

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