About Hanker Village

Hanker is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 135 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494776, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanker village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494776
Area (hectares)	497.29 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	135
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanker compares

By the 2011 count Hanker is the 199th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 497.29 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 973.

Getting to Hanker

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

Hanker lies about 69 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 53 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 Hanker
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	53 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	62 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	69 km

Villages closest to Hanker

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanker village had a population of 273. That makes it the 199th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Hanker village has 135 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanker has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Hanker is 494776. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanker covers 497.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hanker falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Hanker is Keoti, about 53 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 Hanker.

Hanker is about 69 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.

Hanker is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 7.6 km away. Keoti is about 53 km away. Garhchiroli is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.