About Kukanar Village

Kukanar is one of the larger villages in Darbha tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,419, made up of 4,638 males and 4,781 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8021.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kukanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kukanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Darbha
Pincode	494115
Area (hectares)	8021.16 hectares
Population	9,419
Male Population	4,638
Female Population	4,781
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kukanar compares

By the 2011 count Kukanar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 8021.16 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Kukanar

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

Kukanar lies about 84 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 38 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 Kukanar
Tehsil headquarters	Darbha	30 km
Nearest town	Malakanagiri	35 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	38 km
District headquarters	Bastar	84 km

Villages closest to Kukanar

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 Kukanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kukanar village had a population of 9,419. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Kukanar village has 4,638 males and 4,781 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kukanar has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

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

Kukanar covers 8021.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kukanar falls under Darbha tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kukanar is Kirandul, about 38 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 Kukanar.

Kukanar is about 84 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kukanar is in Darbha tehsil of Bastar district. Darbha is about 30 km away. Malakanagiri is about 35 km away. Kirandul is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.