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About Kanera Village

Kanera is a small village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 144 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.74 hectares hectares.

Kanera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 109.74 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 144
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kanera compares

By the 2011 count Kanera is the 80th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 109.74 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Kanera

Kanera 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 Kanera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanera from other places

Kanera lies about 46 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, 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 Kanera
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 3.1 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 19 km
Nearest railway station Tila 27 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 46 km

Villages closest to Kanera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Kanera

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanera village had a population of 264. That makes it the 80th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Kanera village has 144 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanera has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Kanera covers 109.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanera falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanera is Tila, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kanera.

Kanera is about 46 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanera is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 3.1 km away. Bijāwar is about 19 km away. Tila is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpura (under 2 km), Nadiya (2.5 km) and Garkhuwan (2.8 km).

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

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