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About Kokpur Village

Kokpur is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,102, made up of 550 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kokpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kokpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 444.63 hectares
Population 1,102
Male Population 550
Female Population 552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kokpur compares

By the 2011 count Kokpur is the 28th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 444.63 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kokpur

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

Kokpur lies about 23 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 39 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 Kokpur
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 5.7 km
Nearest town Kānker 5.7 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 23 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 39 km

Villages closest to Kokpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kokpur village had a population of 1,102. That makes it the 28th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Kokpur village has 550 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kokpur has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kokpur is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kokpur covers 444.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kokpur falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kokpur is Keoti, about 39 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 Kokpur.

Kokpur is about 23 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kokpur is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 5.7 km away. Kānker is about 5.7 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matwada (under 2 km), Malgaon (2.2 km) and Makrikhuna (2.3 km).

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

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