About Kakania Village

Kakania is a small village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 128 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakania village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Deori
Pincode	815314
Area (hectares)	408 hectares
Population	247
Male Population	128
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
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 Kakania compares

By the 2011 count Kakania is the 178th largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 408 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Kakania

Kakania is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kakania 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kakania from other places

Kakania lies about 142 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Hatia, about 3.5 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 Kakania
Nearest railway station	Hatia	3.5 km
Nearest town	Ranchi	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deori	9.9 km
District headquarters	Giridih	142 km

Villages closest to Kakania

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakania village had a population of 247. That makes it the 178th largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Kakania village has 128 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakania has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Kakania is 815314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakania covers 408 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakania falls under Deori tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kakania is Hatia, about 3.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kakania.

Kakania is about 142 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakania is in Deori tehsil of Giridih district. Hatia is about 3.5 km away. Ranchi is about 3.8 km away. Deori is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.