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About Kanwara Village

Kanwara is a mid sized village in Jhalrapatan tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,678, made up of 883 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanwara village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Jhalrapatan
Pincode 326501
Area (hectares) 688.25 hectares
Population 1,678
Male Population 883
Female Population 795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanwara compares

By the 2011 count Kanwara is the 20th largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 688.25 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Kanwara

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

Kanwara lies about 20 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalawar Road, about 14 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 Kanwara
Nearest railway station Jhalawar Road 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhalrapatan 16 km
Nearest town Jhālrapātan 16 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 20 km

Villages closest to Kanwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanwara village had a population of 1,678. That makes it the 20th largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Kanwara village has 883 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanwara has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Kanwara is 326501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanwara covers 688.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanwara falls under Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Kanwara is Jhalawar Road, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanwara.

Kanwara is about 20 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanwara is in Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district. Jhalawar Road is about 14 km away. Jhalrapatan is about 16 km away. Jhālrapātan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nadiya Kheri (2.1 km), Dhabli Khurd (2.2 km) and Sitaphal (3.8 km).

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

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