About Kansi Village

Kansi is a mid sized village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 583, made up of 275 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kansi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kansi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	213.04 hectares
Population	583
Male Population	275
Female Population	308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
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 Kansi compares

By the 2011 count Kansi is the 27th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 213.04 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kansi

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

Kansi lies about 24 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 37 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 Kansi
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	24 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	24 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	37 km

Villages closest to Kansi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kansi village had a population of 583. That makes it the 27th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Kansi village has 275 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kansi has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kansi is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kansi covers 213.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kansi falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kansi is Dehradun, about 37 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 Kansi.

Kansi is about 24 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kansi is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 24 km away. Uttarkashi is about 24 km away. Mussoorie is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.