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About Kanchanpur Village

Kanchanpur is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 26 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.89 hectares hectares.

Kanchanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 20.89 hectares
Population 52
Male Population 26
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kanchanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchanpur is the 1238th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 20.89 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Kanchanpur

The census records public bus service for Kanchanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanchanpur from other places

Kanchanpur lies about 64 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Bridgemanganj, about 3.2 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 Kanchanpur
Nearest railway station Bridgemanganj 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 14 km
Nearest town Bānsi 23 km
District headquarters Basti 64 km

Villages closest to Kanchanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchanpur village had a population of 52. That makes it the 1238th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Kanchanpur village has 26 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchanpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Kanchanpur covers 20.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchanpur falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchanpur is Bridgemanganj, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kanchanpur.

Kanchanpur is about 64 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchanpur is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Bridgemanganj is about 3.2 km away. Harraiya is about 14 km away. Bānsi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanhaipur (under 2 km), Dholwapur (under 2 km) and Sita Rampur (under 2 km).

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

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