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About Kanchri Village

Kanchri is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 529 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.6 hectares hectares.

Kanchri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 509.6 hectares
Population 1,000
Male Population 529
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanchri compares

By the 2011 count Kanchri is the 136th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 509.6 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Kanchri

Kanchri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanchri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanchri from other places

Kanchri lies about 15 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Nariaoli, about 3.6 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 Kanchri
Nearest railway station Nariaoli 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 15 km
Nearest town Saugor 15 km

Villages closest to Kanchri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchri village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 136th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Kanchri village has 529 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchri has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Kanchri covers 509.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanchri falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchri is Nariaoli, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanchri.

Kanchri is about 15 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchri is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Nariaoli is about 3.6 km away. Sagar is about 15 km away. Saugor 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 Madanpura (1.6 km), Khiriya Nikhar (1.8 km) and Belai Guru (1.9 km).

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

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