# Kanai Village, Janjgir, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Janjgir, Janjgir - Champa 

# Kanai

Kanai is a village in Janjgir sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494635**. The 2011 Census counted **1,166 people in 255 households**, the 34th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 1,166people (2011)
- 255households
- 71.2%literacy
- 494635PIN code

## Kanai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanai is 494635.** Kanai falls in Janjgir sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494635
- Gram panchayatKanai
- Community development blockNawagarh
- Census village code436559

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kanai from nearby towns?

- Janjgir (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)12 km by road
- Champa (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kanai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kanai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Champa
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Champa
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kanai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tivra and linseed**. About 77% of the 203 hectares of village land is sown, and 158 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kanai

Of every 100 households in Kanai in 2011, 91 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanai · ■ Janjgir rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**21%

Television ****18%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**26%

Own their home ****90%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kanai?

■ Kanai · ■ Janjgir rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**968

Working population ****45.1%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 58.9% for women. 49% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 29 (6%) · **■** Marginal 409 (78%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Janjgir

- Udayband1,632 people
- Bhaisda1,513 people
- Dhaneli1,325 people
- Karmandi1,278 people
- Hathitikra1,107 people
- Mauhadih1,052 people
- Sewai1,047 people
- Akaltari1,029 people

[All 50 villages in Janjgir](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/janjgir/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanai?494635
- How far is Kanai from Janjgir?12 km by road
- What is the population of Kanai?1,166 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanai in?Janjgir - Champa district (Janjgir sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanai?71.2% (Census 2011)