About Kanatanr Village

Kanatanr is a small village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 211 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares.

Kanatanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanatanr village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	85 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	211
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
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 Kanatanr compares

By the 2011 count Kanatanr is the 175th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Kanatanr

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

Kanatanr lies about 30 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 21 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 Kanatanr
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	21 km
Nearest town	Giridih	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	30 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	30 km

Villages closest to Kanatanr

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Kanatanr

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanatanr village had a population of 418. That makes it the 175th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Kanatanr village has 211 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanatanr has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Kanatanr covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanatanr falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanatanr is Maheshmunda Junction, about 21 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 Kanatanr.

Kanatanr is about 30 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanatanr is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 21 km away. Giridih is about 23 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.