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About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a large village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,616, made up of 1,348 males and 1,268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1098.4 hectares hectares.

Kanchanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 1098.4 hectares
Population 2,616
Male Population 1,348
Female Population 1,268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 16th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 1098.4 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanchanpur 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. The nearest villages by name are Jhagraha, Jodhpur, Jugwari and Kadauha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kanchanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchanpur village had a population of 2,616. That makes it the 16th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 1,348 males and 1,268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Kanchanpur covers 1098.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchanpur falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Kanchanpur notes the nearest railway station 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 Kanchanpur.

Kanchanpur is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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