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About Kachnari Village

Kachnari is a large village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,005, made up of 935 males and 1,070 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543.04 hectares hectares.

Kachnari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kachnari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 543.04 hectares
Population 2,005
Male Population 935
Female Population 1,070
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,144
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kachnari compares

By the 2011 count Kachnari is the 15th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 543.04 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Kachnari

Kachnari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kachnari as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kachnari from other places

Kachnari lies about 39 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, about 27 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 Kachnari
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 17 km
Nearest railway station Lamta 27 km
Nearest town Malajkhand 34 km
District headquarters Balaghat 39 km

Villages closest to Kachnari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kachnari village had a population of 2,005. That makes it the 15th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Kachnari village has 935 males and 1,070 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kachnari has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Kachnari covers 543.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kachnari falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kachnari is Lamta, about 27 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 village for Kachnari.

Kachnari is about 39 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kachnari is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 17 km away. Lamta is about 27 km away. Malajkhand is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malgaon (under 2 km), Ragholi (3.8 km) and Salghat (7.1 km).

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

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