About Kanakpur Village

Kanakpur is a large village in Manigachhi tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,307, made up of 1,637 males and 1,670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Manigachhi
Pincode	847407
Area (hectares)	153 hectares
Population	3,307
Male Population	1,637
Female Population	1,670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanakpur is the 23rd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,443 residents. Its 153 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Kanakpur

Kanakpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kanakpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanakpur from other places

Kanakpur lies about 16 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt, about under 2 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 Kanakpur
Nearest railway station	Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Madhubani	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manigachhi	16 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	16 km

Villages closest to Kanakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakpur village had a population of 3,307. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,443 residents.

Kanakpur village has 1,637 males and 1,670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakpur has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Kanakpur is 847407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakpur covers 153 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kanakpur falls under Manigachhi tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kanakpur is Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Kanakpur is about 16 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakpur is in Manigachhi tehsil of Darbhanga district. Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt is about under 2 km away. Madhubani is about 16 km away. Manigachhi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.