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About Kanai Village

Kanai is a mid sized village in Deosar tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,803, made up of 940 males and 863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 511.72 hectares hectares.

Kanai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Deosar
Area (hectares) 511.72 hectares
Population 1,803
Male Population 940
Female Population 863
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kanai compares

By the 2011 count Kanai is the 62nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 511.72 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 960.

Getting to Kanai

Kanai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kanai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanai from other places

Kanai lies about 21 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Bargawan, about under 2 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 Kanai
Nearest railway station Bargawan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Deosar 21 km
District headquarters Singrauli 21 km

Villages closest to Kanai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanai village had a population of 1,803. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Kanai village has 940 males and 863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanai has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Kanai covers 511.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanai falls under Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanai is Bargawan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanai.

Kanai is about 21 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanai is in Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district. Bargawan is about under 2 km away. Deosar is about 21 km away. Singrauli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bargawan (under 2 km), Daga (1.6 km) and Odagadi (1.6 km).

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

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