About Kanjai Village

Kanjai is a large village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,482, made up of 1,221 males and 1,261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 863.42 hectares hectares.

Kanjai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanjai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lalbarra
Area (hectares)	863.42 hectares
Population	2,482
Male Population	1,221
Female Population	1,261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanjai compares

By the 2011 count Kanjai is the 14th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 863.42 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kanjai

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

Kanjai lies about 31 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 16 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 Kanjai
Nearest railway station	Magardharra Ph	16 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalbarra	31 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	31 km

Villages closest to Kanjai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanjai village had a population of 2,482. That makes it the 14th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Kanjai village has 1,221 males and 1,261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanjai has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Kanjai covers 863.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanjai falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanjai is Magardharra Ph, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Kanjai.

Kanjai is about 31 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanjai is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 16 km away. Wārāseonī is about 29 km away. Lalbarra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.