About Kanhawas Village

Kanhawas is a mid sized village in Behror tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,715, made up of 911 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanhawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanhawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Behror
Pincode	301703
Area (hectares)	437.51 hectares
Population	1,715
Male Population	911
Female Population	804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanhawas compares

By the 2011 count Kanhawas is the 74th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents. Its 437.51 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Kanhawas

Kanhawas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanhawas as Available within 10+ 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 Kanhawas from other places

Kanhawas lies about 60 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathuwas, about 9.5 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 Kanhawas
Nearest railway station	Kathuwas	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Behror	20 km
District headquarters	Alwar	60 km

Villages closest to Kanhawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanhawas village had a population of 1,715. That makes it the 74th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents.

Kanhawas village has 911 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanhawas has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Kanhawas is 301703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanhawas covers 437.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanhawas falls under Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Kanhawas is Kathuwas, about 9.5 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 village for Kanhawas.

Kanhawas is about 60 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanhawas is in Behror tehsil of Alwar district. Kathuwas is about 9.5 km away. Behror is about 20 km away. Alwar is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.