About Kan Pur Village

Kan Pur is a mid sized village in Keshiary tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,359, made up of 673 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kan Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kan Pur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Keshiary
Pincode	721424
Area (hectares)	235.95 hectares
Population	1,359
Male Population	673
Female Population	686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kan Pur compares

By the 2011 count Kan Pur is the 28th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 741 residents. Its 235.95 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Kan Pur

Kan Pur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kan Pur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kan Pur from other places

Kan Pur lies about 58 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Dantan, about 10 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 Kan Pur
Nearest railway station	Dantan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keshiary	17 km
Nearest town	Jaleshwar	18 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	58 km

Villages closest to Kan Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keshiary 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 Kan Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kan Pur village had a population of 1,359. That makes it the 28th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 741 residents.

Kan Pur village has 673 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kan Pur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Kan Pur is 721424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kan Pur covers 235.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kan Pur falls under Keshiary tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kan Pur is Dantan, about 10 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 village for Kan Pur.

Kan Pur is about 58 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kan Pur is in Keshiary tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Dantan is about 10 km away. Keshiary is about 17 km away. Jaleshwar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.