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About Kangna Village

Kangna is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,552, made up of 820 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kangna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kangna village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Balachaur
Pincode 144521
Area (hectares) 280 hectares
Population 1,552
Male Population 820
Female Population 732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kangna compares

By the 2011 count Kangna is the 24th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 937.

Getting to Kangna

Kangna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kangna as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kangna from other places

Kangna lies about 6.4 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, 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 Kangna
Nearest railway station Rahon 3.7 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 6.4 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Balachaur 22 km

Villages closest to Kangna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kangna village had a population of 1,552. That makes it the 24th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Kangna village has 820 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kangna has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Kangna is 144521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kangna covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kangna falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kangna 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kangna.

Kangna is about 6.4 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kangna is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 3.7 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 6.4 km away. Nawanshahr is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhanewal (2.4 km), Khoja Bet (5.6 km) and Garhi Kanungoan (6.3 km).

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

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