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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHANESH KUMAR JAISWAL
Contact: 91****2549
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- LGD code
- 214024
- Pincode
- 231225
- Post office
- Anpara Tps
- Population
- 6,026
- Households
- 1,091
- Literacy rate
- 31.5%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,202
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanhra compares
By population, Kanhra ranks #10 of 114 villages in Obra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
31.5%
−9.0% vs mandal average
- Kanhra
- 31.5%
- Obra mandal
- 40.5%
- Sonbhadra district
- 52.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+18 vs mandal average
- Kanhra
- 934
- Obra mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kanhra
- 5.5
- Obra mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanhra at a glance
Kanhra is a village of 6,026 people in 1,091 households (Census 2011) in Obra tehsil, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 114 villages in Obra tehsil. Literacy is 32%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 41% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 231225, served by Anpara Tps post office; the LGD village code is 214024. The sarpanch is DHANESH KUMAR JAISWAL, and the village votes in Mohanlalganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amresh Kumar. The population is estimated at 7,105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanhra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONBHADRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 71
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 76
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANHARA
- Total area (ha)
- 3,558.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,788.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanhra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanhra
- LGD code
- 214024
- Pincode
- 231225
- Post office
- Anpara Tps
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,026
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,105
- Households
- 1,091
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 31.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amresh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHANESH KUMAR JAISWAL
- Block / Mandal
- Obra
- Nearest PHC
- Sardar Nursing Home (113.9 km)
- Nearest post office
- Head Post Office sultanpur (114.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- Punjab National Bank (114.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Amethi (97.6 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 231225
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)