# Kanwas Village, Gadarwara, Narsimhapur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Gadarwara, Narsimhapur 

# Kanwas

Kanwas is a village in Gadarwara sub-district of Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **807 people in 184 households**, the 163rd largest of 350 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 807people (2011)
- 184households
- 86.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Kanwas PIN code and other codes

Kanwas falls in Gadarwara sub-district, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code491018

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

## How far is Kanwas from nearby towns?

- Gadarwara (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Narsimhapur (district HQ)25 km by road
- Kareli (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 Kanwas?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kanwas; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Karapgav
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kareli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Narsimhapur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

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 Kanwas known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 93% of the 194 hectares of village land is sown, and 169 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 Kanwas

Of every 100 households in Kanwas in 2011, 97 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanwas · ■ Gadarwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**32%

Television ****35%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**44%

Own their home ****90%**

**96%

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 Kanwas?

■ Kanwas · ■ Gadarwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**927

Working population ****57.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 78.9% for women. 68% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 82 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (39%) · **■** Other work 35 (8%) · **■** Marginal 165 (36%)

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 Gadarwara

- Neemuch818 people
- Imaliya817 people
- Bitli813 people
- Umarpani808 people
- Udani805 people
- Jhiriya804 people
- Jaikheda801 people
- Kajrota795 people

[All 355 villages in Gadarwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/narsimhapur/gadarwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanwas from Narsimhapur?25 km by road
- What is the population of Kanwas?807 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanwas in?Narsimhapur district (Gadarwara sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanwas?86.3% (Census 2011)