About Kansa Village

Kansa is a small village in Kendujhar Town tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 224 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 802 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kansa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kansa village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Kendujhar Town
Pincode	758014
Area (hectares)	802 hectares
Population	437
Male Population	224
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
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 30th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 802 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 970.

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 12 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, 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 Kansa
Nearest railway station	Basantapur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kendujhar Town	12 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	12 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	12 km

Villages closest to Kansa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kendujhar Town 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 437. That makes it the 30th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 685 residents.

Kansa village has 224 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kansa has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Kansa is 758014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kansa covers 802 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kansa falls under Kendujhar Town tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Kansa is Basantapur, about under 2 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 12 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kansa is in Kendujhar Town tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about under 2 km away. Kendujhar Town is about 12 km away. Kendujhar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.