About Kankapal Village

Kankapal is a mid sized village in Darbha tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,711, made up of 813 males and 898 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 749.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Darbha
Pincode	494115
Area (hectares)	749.88 hectares
Population	1,711
Male Population	813
Female Population	898
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,105
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankapal compares

By the 2011 count Kankapal is the 11th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 749.88 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Kankapal

Kankapal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kankapal as Available. 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 Kankapal from other places

Kankapal lies about 90 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 25 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 Kankapal
Tehsil headquarters	Darbha	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	25 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	27 km
District headquarters	Bastar	90 km

Villages closest to Kankapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankapal village had a population of 1,711. That makes it the 11th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Kankapal village has 813 males and 898 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankapal has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Kankapal is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankapal covers 749.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankapal falls under Darbha tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kankapal is Kirandul, about 25 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Kankapal.

Kankapal is about 90 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankapal is in Darbha tehsil of Bastar district. Darbha is about 16 km away. Kirandul is about 25 km away. Bacheli is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.