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About Kanaipur Village

Kanaipur is a small village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3, made up of 2 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731201, 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 Sainthia
Pincode 731201
Area (hectares) 78.96 hectares
Population 3
Male Population 2
Female Population 1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 78.96 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 957.

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 19 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 15 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 Mallarpur 15 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 16 km
District headquarters Birbhum 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Sainthia 23 km

Villages closest to Kanaipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanaipur village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Kanaipur village has 2 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanaipur has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Kanaipur is 731201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanaipur covers 78.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanaipur falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kanaipur is Mallarpur, about 15 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 19 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 Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 15 km away. Rampur Hat is about 16 km away. Birbhum is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttar Kanaipur (under 2 km), Paschim Sahapur (7.0 km) and Shyampur (8.6 km).

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

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