About Kanalka Village

Kanalka is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 24 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanalka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanalka village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	25.23 hectares
Population	42
Male Population	24
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
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 Kanalka compares

By the 2011 count Kanalka is the 178th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 25.23 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 1054.

Getting to Kanalka

Kanalka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanalka 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 Kanalka from other places

Kanalka lies about 34 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 44 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 Kanalka
Nearest town	Almora	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	34 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	44 km

Villages closest to Kanalka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanalka village had a population of 42. That makes it the 178th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Kanalka village has 24 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanalka has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Kanalka is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanalka covers 25.23 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.

Kanalka falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanalka is Kathgodam, about 44 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 Kanalka.

Kanalka is about 34 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanalka is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 20 km away. Munsiari is about 34 km away. Pithoragarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.