About Kanauja Village

Kanauja is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 294 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503 hectares hectares.

Kanauja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanauja village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares)	503 hectares
Population	592
Male Population	294
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanauja compares

By the 2011 count Kanauja is the 91st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 503 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Kanauja

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

Kanauja lies about 23 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sansarpur, about 6.5 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 Kanauja
Nearest railway station	Sansarpur	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhimarkheda	23 km
District headquarters	Katni	23 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	23 km

Villages closest to Kanauja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanauja village had a population of 592. That makes it the 91st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Kanauja village has 294 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanauja has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Kanauja covers 503 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanauja falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanauja is Sansarpur, about 6.5 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 Kanauja.

Kanauja is about 23 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanauja is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Sansarpur is about 6.5 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 23 km away. Katni is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.