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About Kanchan Pur Village

Kanchan Pur is a mid sized village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 761, made up of 383 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.53 hectares hectares.

Kanchan Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchan Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Jakhania
Area (hectares) 32.53 hectares
Population 761
Male Population 383
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
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 Kanchan Pur compares

By the 2011 count Kanchan Pur is the 228th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 32.53 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Kanchan Pur

The census records public bus service for Kanchan Pur 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 Kanchan Pur from other places

Kanchan Pur lies about 132 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, 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 Kanchan Pur
Tehsil headquarters Jakhania 6.1 km
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 14 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 15 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 132 km

Villages closest to Kanchan Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jakhania 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 Kanchan Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchan Pur village had a population of 761. That makes it the 228th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Kanchan Pur village has 383 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchan Pur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Kanchan Pur covers 32.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kanchan Pur falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanchan Pur is Mungara Badshahpur, about 14 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 Kanchan Pur.

Kanchan Pur is about 132 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchan Pur is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Jakhania is about 6.1 km away. Mungara Badshahpur is about 14 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanjogpur Khas (under 2 km), Asspur (1.9 km) and Daudpur Chakiya (2.1 km).

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

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