About Kankar Village

Kankar is a large village in Kumarkhand tehsil, in the district of Madhepura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,913, made up of 2,603 males and 2,310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.42 hectares hectares.

Kankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Tehsil	Kumarkhand
Area (hectares)	339.42 hectares
Population	4,913
Male Population	2,603
Female Population	2,310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankar compares

By the 2011 count Kankar is the 16th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,459 residents. Its 339.42 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Kankar

Kankar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kankar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kankar from other places

Kankar lies about 25 km from Madhepura, and the nearest railway station is Deenapatti, about 20 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 Kankar
Tehsil headquarters	Kumarkhand	13 km
Nearest town	Chhātāpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Deenapatti	20 km
District headquarters	Madhepura	25 km

Villages closest to Kankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankar village had a population of 4,913. That makes it the 16th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,459 residents.

Kankar village has 2,603 males and 2,310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankar has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Kankar covers 339.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kankar falls under Kumarkhand tehsil of Madhepura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kankar is Deenapatti, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kankar.

Kankar is about 25 km from Madhepura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankar is in Kumarkhand tehsil of Madhepura district. Kumarkhand is about 13 km away. Chhātāpur is about 17 km away. Deenapatti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.