About Kanjai Village

Kanjai is a mid sized village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 865 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 680.41 hectares hectares.

Kanjai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanjai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Tehsil	Majholi
Area (hectares)	680.41 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	865
Female Population	822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanjai compares

By the 2011 count Kanjai is the 18th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 680.41 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

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 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 Kanjai from other places

Kanjai lies about 25 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Gosalpur, about 11 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	Gosalpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majholi	12 km
Nearest town	Panāgar	13 km
District headquarters	Jabalpur	25 km

Villages closest to Kanjai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majholi 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 1,687. That makes it the 18th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Kanjai village has 865 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanjai has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Kanjai covers 680.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanjai falls under Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanjai is Gosalpur, about 11 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 Kanjai.

Kanjai is about 25 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanjai is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Gosalpur is about 11 km away. Majholi is about 12 km away. Panāgar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.