About Kanian Kalan Village

Kanian Kalan is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,230, made up of 651 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanian Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanian Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144703
Area (hectares)	350.46 hectares
Population	1,230
Male Population	651
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanian Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kanian Kalan is the 33rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 350.46 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Kanian Kalan

Kanian Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanian Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanian Kalan from other places

Kanian Kalan lies about 35 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 5.4 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 Kanian Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Malsian Shahkot	5.4 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	12 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	35 km

Villages closest to Kanian Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Kanian Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanian Kalan village had a population of 1,230. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Kanian Kalan village has 651 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanian Kalan has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Kanian Kalan is 144703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanian Kalan covers 350.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanian Kalan falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kanian Kalan is Malsian Shahkot, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanian Kalan.

Kanian Kalan is about 35 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanian Kalan is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Shahkot is about 4.1 km away. Malsian Shahkot is about 5.4 km away. Nakodar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.