About Kankata Village

Kankata is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 613, made up of 333 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	148 hectares
Population	613
Male Population	333
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankata compares

By the 2011 count Kankata is the 78th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 148 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Kankata

Kankata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kankata as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kamardiha, Kamat Pathara, Kanaula and Kanauli. 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.

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Common questions about Kankata

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankata village had a population of 613. That makes it the 78th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Kankata village has 333 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankata has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Kankata is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankata covers 148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankata falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Kankata notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kankata.

Kankata is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka 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.