About Kaknar Village

Kaknar is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 802, made up of 382 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1352.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaknar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaknar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	1352.46 hectares
Population	802
Male Population	382
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaknar compares

By the 2011 count Kaknar is the 34th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1352.46 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Kaknar

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

Kaknar lies about 24 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, about 5.1 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 Kaknar
Nearest railway station	Kumhar Maranga	5.1 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	12 km
District headquarters	Bastar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	28 km

Villages closest to Kaknar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaknar village had a population of 802. That makes it the 34th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Kaknar village has 382 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaknar has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Kaknar is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaknar covers 1352.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaknar falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kaknar is Kumhar Maranga, about 5.1 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 10+ km distance for Kaknar.

Kaknar is about 24 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaknar is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Maranga is about 5.1 km away. Jagdalpur is about 12 km away. Bastar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.