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About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a mid sized village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 690 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Barwadih
Pincode 822111
Area (hectares) 257.42 hectares
Population 1,453
Male Population 690
Female Population 763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 257.42 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kanchanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanchanpur from other places

Kanchanpur lies about 40 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kechki, about under 2 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 Kanchanpur
Nearest railway station Kechki under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Barwadih 8.7 km
Nearest town Medininagar 16 km
District headquarters Latehar 40 km

Villages closest to Kanchanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchanpur village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 690 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Kanchanpur is 822111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchanpur covers 257.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchanpur falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanchanpur is Kechki, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanchanpur.

Kanchanpur is about 40 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchanpur is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Kechki is about under 2 km away. Barwadih is about 8.7 km away. Medininagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kechki (under 2 km), Kutmu (2.3 km) and Kalyanpur (2.5 km).

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

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