About Kansa Village

Kansa is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,868, made up of 949 males and 919 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.63 hectares hectares.

Kansa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kansa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Maihar
Area (hectares)	480.63 hectares
Population	1,868
Male Population	949
Female Population	919
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kansa compares

By the 2011 count Kansa is the 61st largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 480.63 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 947.

Getting to Kansa

Kansa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kansa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kansa from other places

Kansa lies about 25 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, 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 Kansa
Nearest railway station	Unchhera	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maihar	18 km
District headquarters	Satna	25 km

Villages closest to Kansa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kansa village had a population of 1,868. That makes it the 61st largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Kansa village has 949 males and 919 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kansa has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Kansa covers 480.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kansa falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kansa is Unchhera, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kansa.

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

Kansa is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about 11 km away. Maihar is about 18 km away. Satna is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.