About Kankewa Village

Kankewa is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,297, made up of 682 males and 615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankewa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	492112
Area (hectares)	482.66 hectares
Population	1,297
Male Population	682
Female Population	615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankewa compares

By the 2011 count Kankewa is the 27th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 482.66 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Kankewa

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

Kankewa lies about 91 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 64 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 Kankewa
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	64 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	91 km

Villages closest to Kankewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankewa village had a population of 1,297. That makes it the 27th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Kankewa village has 682 males and 615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankewa has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Kankewa is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankewa covers 482.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankewa falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kankewa is Komakhan railway station, about 64 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 Kankewa.

Kankewa is about 91 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankewa is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 8.6 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 64 km away. Mahasamund is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.