About Kanikend Village

Kanikend is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 94 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanikend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanikend village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	94
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanikend compares

By the 2011 count Kanikend is the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Kanikend

Kanikend is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanikend 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanikend from other places

Kanikend lies about 89 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Baghi Bardiha, about 21 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 Kanikend
Nearest railway station	Baghi Bardiha	21 km
Nearest town	Nawāda	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	27 km
District headquarters	Giridih	89 km

Villages closest to Kanikend

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanikend village had a population of 177. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Kanikend village has 94 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanikend has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Kanikend is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanikend covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanikend falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanikend is Baghi Bardiha, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanikend.

Kanikend is about 89 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanikend is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Baghi Bardiha is about 21 km away. Nawāda is about 21 km away. Gawan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.