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About Kanjia Village

Kanjia is a small village in Mahmudabad tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 178 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 261209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanjia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanjia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Mahmudabad
Pincode 261209
Area (hectares) 58.63 hectares
Population 330
Male Population 178
Female Population 152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanjia compares

By the 2011 count Kanjia is the 309th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents. Its 58.63 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Kanjia

Kanjia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanjia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kanjia from other places

Kanjia lies about 62 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Paintepur, about 5.4 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 Kanjia
Nearest railway station Paintepur 5.4 km
Nearest town Fatehpur 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahmudabad 9.6 km
District headquarters Sitapur 62 km

Villages closest to Kanjia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanjia village had a population of 330. That makes it the 309th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents.

Kanjia village has 178 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanjia has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Kanjia is 261209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanjia covers 58.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanjia falls under Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanjia is Paintepur, about 5.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanjia.

Kanjia is about 62 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanjia is in Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district. Paintepur is about 5.4 km away. Fatehpur is about 9.0 km away. Mahmudabad is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandanpur (under 2 km), Khanewa Mitaura (under 2 km) and Mitaura (under 2 km).

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

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