About Kanaipur Village

Kanaipur is a mid sized village in Nalhati I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 320 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanaipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanaipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Nalhati I
Pincode	731220
Area (hectares)	126.46 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	320
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanaipur compares

By the 2011 count Kanaipur is the 78th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents. Its 126.46 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Kanaipur

Kanaipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanaipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanaipur from other places

Kanaipur lies about 7.2 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 3.9 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 Kanaipur
Nearest railway station	Adalpahari	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalhati I	7.2 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	7.2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	9.2 km

Villages closest to Kanaipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nalhati I 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 Kanaipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanaipur village had a population of 587. That makes it the 78th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents.

Kanaipur village has 320 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanaipur has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Kanaipur is 731220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanaipur covers 126.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanaipur falls under Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kanaipur is Adalpahari, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanaipur.

Kanaipur is about 7.2 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanaipur is in Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district. Adalpahari is about 3.9 km away. Nalhati I is about 7.2 km away. Birbhum is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.