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About Kanakchas Village

Kanakchas is a mid sized village in Chandankiyari tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,153, made up of 610 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakchas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakchas village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Chandankiyari
Pincode 828134
Area (hectares) 382.68 hectares
Population 1,153
Male Population 610
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanakchas compares

By the 2011 count Kanakchas is the 70th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents. Its 382.68 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kanakchas

Kanakchas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanakchas as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kanakchas from other places

Kanakchas lies about 4.1 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Chas Road, about 7.6 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 Kanakchas
Nearest town Chas under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandankiyari 4.1 km
District headquarters Bokaro 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Chas Road 7.6 km

Villages closest to Kanakchas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakchas village had a population of 1,153. That makes it the 70th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents.

Kanakchas village has 610 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakchas has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Kanakchas is 828134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakchas covers 382.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanakchas falls under Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanakchas is Chas Road, about 7.6 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kanakchas.

Kanakchas is about 4.1 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakchas is in Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district. Chas is about under 2 km away. Chandankiyari is about 4.1 km away. Bokaro is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurarya Alias Babaram (8.5 km), Nekura (8.5 km) and Chandra (13 km).

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

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