About Kanji Village

Kanji is a large village in Bhalki tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,628, made up of 1,888 males and 1,740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1350.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanji village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Bhalki
Pincode	585413
Area (hectares)	1350.09 hectares
Population	3,628
Male Population	1,888
Female Population	1,740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanji compares

By the 2011 count Kanji is the 12th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 1350.09 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Kanji

Kanji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanji 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanji from other places

Kanji lies about 23 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kanaji, 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 Kanji
Nearest railway station	Kanaji	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalki	18 km
Nearest town	Bhālki	18 km
District headquarters	Bidar	23 km

Villages closest to Kanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanji village had a population of 3,628. That makes it the 12th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Kanji village has 1,888 males and 1,740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanji has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kanji is 585413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanji covers 1350.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanji falls under Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanji is Kanaji, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanji.

Kanji is about 23 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanji is in Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district. Kanaji is about under 2 km away. Bhalki is about 18 km away. Bhālki is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.