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About Kanar Village

Kanar is a small village in Madhogarh tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 233 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 747 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.67 hectares hectares.

Kanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Madhogarh
Area (hectares) 238.67 hectares
Population 407
Male Population 233
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 747
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanar compares

By the 2011 count Kanar is the 194th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents. Its 238.67 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 867.

Getting to Kanar

Kanar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kanar from other places

Kanar lies about 15 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Orai, about 36 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 Kanar
Tehsil headquarters Madhogarh 14 km
District headquarters Jalaun 15 km
Nearest town Jālaun 15 km
Nearest railway station Orai 36 km

Villages closest to Kanar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanar village had a population of 407. That makes it the 194th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents.

Kanar village has 233 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanar has about 747 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 867.

Kanar covers 238.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanar falls under Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanar is Orai, about 36 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanar.

Kanar is about 15 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanar is in Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district. Madhogarh is about 14 km away. Jalaun is about 15 km away. Jālaun 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 Itua Kanar (under 2 km), Bhaupur (under 2 km) and Ghilauva (2.2 km).

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

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