About Kakni Village

Kakni is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,372, made up of 708 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	66 hectares
Population	1,372
Male Population	708
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakni compares

By the 2011 count Kakni is the 12th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Kakni

Kakni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kakni as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kakni from other places

Kakni lies about 58 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 22 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 Kakni
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	22 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	42 km
District headquarters	Giridih	58 km

Villages closest to Kakni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakni village had a population of 1,372. That makes it the 12th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Kakni village has 708 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakni has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Kakni is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakni covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kakni falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kakni is Dhanwar, about 22 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 village for Kakni.

Kakni is about 58 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakni is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 8.4 km away. Dhanwar is about 22 km away. Jamūī is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.