About Kanauth Village

Kanauth is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 171 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanauth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanauth village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	182.9 hectares
Population	365
Male Population	171
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanauth compares

By the 2011 count Kanauth is the 30th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 182.9 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Kanauth

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

Kanauth lies about 6.3 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 112 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 Kanauth
District headquarters	Chamoli	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	25 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	63 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	112 km

Villages closest to Kanauth

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanauth village had a population of 365. That makes it the 30th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Kanauth village has 171 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanauth has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Kanauth is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanauth covers 182.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanauth falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanauth is Rishikesh, about 112 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 village for Kanauth.

Kanauth is about 6.3 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanauth is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 6.3 km away. Karnaprayag is about 25 km away. Srīnagar is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.