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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kanan is a village in Chakpikarong mandal, Chandel district, Manipur. It has a population of 148 across 47 households with a literacy rate of 81.8%.
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- LGD code
- 270907
- Pincode
- 795101
- Post office
- Sugnu
- Population
- 148
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 81.8%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 101
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Imphal
- 63 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 589 km
- Nearest railway station
- Imphal · 56 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Community Health Center Chapikarong · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanan compares
By population, Kanan ranks #78 of 111 villages in Chakpikarong mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.8%
+16.5% vs mandal average
- Kanan
- 81.8%
- Chakpikarong mandal
- 65.3%
- Chandel district
- 62.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−125 vs mandal average
- Kanan
- 850
- Chakpikarong mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
3.1
−2.1 vs mandal average
- Kanan
- 3.1
- Chakpikarong mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanan at a glance
Kanan is a village of 148 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Chakpikarong block, Chandel district, Manipur, the 78th-largest of 111 villages in Chakpikarong block. Literacy is 82%, 17 points above the block average of 65% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Chandel district centre, 41 km from Bishnupur, the nearest town, 56 km from Imphal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 795101, served by Sugnu post office; the LGD village code is 270907. The nearest hospital or health centre is Community Health Center Chapikarong, 10 km away. The village votes in Singhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chinlunthang. The population is estimated at 174 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SUGUNU (NP)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanan
- LGD code
- 270907
- Pincode
- 795101
- Post office
- Sugnu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 148
- Population (projected 2026)
- 174
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 81.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.26274°N, 93.83150°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Outer Manipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Singhat
- Member of Parliament
- Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chinlunthang
- Block / Mandal
- Chakpikarong
Getting there
How to reach Kanan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Imphal63 kmcapital
- Kolkata589 km
- Delhi1723 km
- Hyderabad1767 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationImphal56 km
- Hospital / PHCCommunity Health Center Chapikarong10 km
- ATM / bankBank of India27 km
- Petrol pumpNew Lamka Petrol Pump16 km
- CollegeLamka College16 km
- Police stationSugnu Subdivisional Police Station6 km
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- Sokom
- Haikha (L)
- Kanakangbung
- Sugnu Tribal
- Toupokpi
- Phiranmachet
- Nungpan
- Sugnu Lokhijang
- Sugnu Lamhang
- Rungchang
- Paldai
- Longja
- Langching
- Shalluk
- Charoiching
- Hringphe
- Thorcham
- Haika
- Y. Kutha
- Teijang
- Khubung Khullen
- Sugnu Zouveng
- Chahkap
- Molphei
- K.Molnom
- Sangni
- Utangpokpi
- Kotsophai
- Singtom
- Thungcheng
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)