About Kanir Village

Kanir is a small village in Samba tehsil, in the district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 94 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanir village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Samba
Tehsil	Samba
Pincode	184121
Area (hectares)	509.9 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	94
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanir compares

By the 2011 count Kanir is the 291st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 509.9 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kanir

Kanir is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanir as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kalwal, Kamala, Kamar and Kangwala. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kanir

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanir village had a population of 177. That makes it the 291st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Kanir village has 94 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanir has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kanir is 184121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanir covers 509.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanir falls under Samba tehsil of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Kanir notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kanir.

Kanir is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.