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About Kanakpur Village

Kanakpur is a mid sized village in Pandaul tehsil, in the district of Madhubani, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 536 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847239, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Madhubani
Tehsil Pandaul
Pincode 847239
Area (hectares) 196.77 hectares
Population 1,016
Male Population 536
Female Population 480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Kanakpur is the 43rd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,895 residents. Its 196.77 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

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 <5 km distance. 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 Madhubani, 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
Tehsil headquarters Pandaul 5.4 km
District headquarters Madhubani 16 km

Villages closest to Kanakpur

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

Common questions about Kanakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakpur village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,895 residents.

Kanakpur village has 536 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakpur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Kanakpur is 847239. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakpur covers 196.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanakpur falls under Pandaul tehsil of Madhubani 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 <5 km distance.

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 Madhubani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakpur is in Pandaul tehsil of Madhubani district. Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt is about under 2 km away. Pandaul is about 5.4 km away. Madhubani is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narpatnagar (under 2 km), Ruchaul (1.9 km) and Mohanbariam (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kanakpur today is likely to be higher.

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