About Kanchan Village

Kanchan is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 77 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	133
Male Population	77
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	727
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanchan compares

By the 2011 count Kanchan is the 187th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 962.

Getting to Kanchan

Kanchan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanchan as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanchan from other places

Kanchan lies about 9.3 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Kanchan
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	9.3 km
District headquarters	Chatra	9.3 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	30 km

Villages closest to Kanchan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Kanchan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchan village had a population of 133. That makes it the 187th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Kanchan village has 77 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchan has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kanchan is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchan covers 127 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.

Kanchan falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanchan is Katkamsandi, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanchan.

Kanchan is about 9.3 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchan is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 9.3 km away. Chatra is about 9.3 km away. Chatrā is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.