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About Kanek Village

Kanek is a mid sized village in Malia tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,400, made up of 700 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362250, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanek village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Junagadh
Tehsil Malia
Pincode 362250
Area (hectares) 666.48 hectares
Population 1,400
Male Population 700
Female Population 700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kanek compares

By the 2011 count Kanek is the 38th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,182 residents. Its 666.48 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Kanek

Kanek is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kanek as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Januda, Jhadka, Jhunjharpur and Kadaya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kanek

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanek village had a population of 1,400. That makes it the 38th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,182 residents.

Kanek village has 700 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanek has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Kanek is 362250. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanek covers 666.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanek falls under Malia tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The census record for Kanek notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanek.

Kanek is in Malia tehsil of Junagadh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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