About Kanger Village

Kanger is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 198 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanger Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanger village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144530
Area (hectares)	553 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	198
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanger compares

By the 2011 count Kanger is the 231st largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 553 hectares work out to about 0.7 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, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Kanger

Kanger is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanger as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kanger from other places

Kanger lies about 55 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 3.7 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 Kanger
Nearest railway station	Rahon	3.7 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	18 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	55 km

Villages closest to Kanger

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanger village had a population of 394. That makes it the 231st largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Kanger village has 198 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanger has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Kanger is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanger covers 553 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanger falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kanger is Rahon, about 3.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanger.

Kanger is about 55 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanger is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Rahon is about 3.7 km away. Nawanshahr is about 8.2 km away. Garhshankar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.