About Kanja Village

Kanja is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 199 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.01 hectares hectares.

Kanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanja village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	57.01 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	199
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kanja compares

By the 2011 count Kanja is the 485th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 57.01 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Kanja

Kanja is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kanja 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanja from other places

Kanja lies about 14 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bartara, about 12 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 Kanja
Nearest railway station	Bartara	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	14 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	14 km
Nearest town	Shāhjānpur	14 km

Villages closest to Kanja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanja village had a population of 381. That makes it the 485th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Kanja village has 199 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanja has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Kanja covers 57.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kanja falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanja is Bartara, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanja.

Kanja is about 14 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanja is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Bartara is about 12 km away. Powayan is about 14 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.