About Kanker Village

Kanker is a large village in Nabinagar tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,877, made up of 2,075 males and 1,802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1038 hectares hectares.

Kanker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanker village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Nabinagar
Area (hectares)	1038 hectares
Population	3,877
Male Population	2,075
Female Population	1,802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanker compares

By the 2011 count Kanker is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 940 residents. Its 1038 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Kanker

Kanker is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanker as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanker from other places

Kanker lies about 26 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 3.6 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 Kanker
Nearest railway station	Barkisalaiya	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nabinagar	15 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	15 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	26 km

Villages closest to Kanker

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nabinagar 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 Kanker

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanker village had a population of 3,877. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 940 residents.

Kanker village has 2,075 males and 1,802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanker has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Kanker covers 1038 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanker falls under Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kanker is Barkisalaiya, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanker.

Kanker is about 26 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanker is in Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district. Barkisalaiya is about 3.6 km away. Nabinagar is about 15 km away. Nabīnagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.