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About Kanaipur Village

Kanaipur is a small village in Harirampur tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 450, made up of 237 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.16 hectares hectares.

Kanaipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanaipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Harirampur
Area (hectares) 82.16 hectares
Population 450
Male Population 237
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanaipur compares

By the 2011 count Kanaipur is the 103rd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 82.16 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 994.

Getting to Kanaipur

Kanaipur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kanaipur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jothisya, Jotsultan, Kadimabad and Kakihar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 450. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Kanaipur village has 237 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanaipur has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Kanaipur covers 82.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanaipur falls under Harirampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Kanaipur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Kanaipur is in Harirampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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