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About Kanpuri Village

Kanpuri is a mid sized village in Niwali tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,059, made up of 526 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.08 hectares hectares.

Kanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanpuri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Niwali
Area (hectares) 378.08 hectares
Population 1,059
Male Population 526
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Kanpuri is the 42nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents. Its 378.08 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Kanpuri

Kanpuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanpuri as Available within 5 - 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 Kanpuri from other places

Kanpuri lies about 18 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 34 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 Kanpuri
Nearest town Manāwar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Niwali 18 km
District headquarters Barwani 18 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 34 km

Villages closest to Kanpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanpuri village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents.

Kanpuri village has 526 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanpuri has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Kanpuri covers 378.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanpuri falls under Niwali tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanpuri is Hathi gate station, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanpuri.

Kanpuri is about 18 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanpuri is in Niwali tehsil of Barwani district. Manāwar is about 14 km away. Niwali is about 18 km away. Barwani is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sulgaon (5.3 km), Khedi (12 km) and Mogarikheda (12 km).

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

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