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About Kanser Village

Kanser is a mid sized village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,187, made up of 599 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.54 hectares hectares.

Kanser Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanser village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Piploda
Area (hectares) 408.54 hectares
Population 1,187
Male Population 599
Female Population 588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanser compares

By the 2011 count Kanser is the 41st largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 408.54 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Kanser

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

Kanser lies about 43 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Mundalaram, about 9.5 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 Kanser
Nearest railway station Mundalaram 9.5 km
Nearest town Jaora 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Piploda 15 km
District headquarters Ratlam 43 km

Villages closest to Kanser

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanser village had a population of 1,187. That makes it the 41st largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Kanser village has 599 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanser has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Kanser covers 408.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanser falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanser is Mundalaram, about 9.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanser.

Kanser is about 43 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanser is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Mundalaram is about 9.5 km away. Jaora is about 14 km away. Piploda is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chipiya (1.9 km), Bilandpur (2.1 km) and Bagiya (2.2 km).

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

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