About Kanki Village

Kanki is a large village in Dadi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,669, made up of 1,902 males and 1,767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 673.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Dadi
Pincode	829109
Area (hectares)	673.43 hectares
Population	3,669
Male Population	1,902
Female Population	1,767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 Kanki compares

By the 2011 count Kanki is the 4th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 673.43 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Kanki

Kanki is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kanki 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 Kanki from other places

Kanki lies about 29 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kuju, about 11 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 Kanki
Nearest town	Saunda	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kuju	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dadi	29 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	29 km

Villages closest to Kanki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanki village had a population of 3,669. That makes it the 4th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Kanki village has 1,902 males and 1,767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanki has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Kanki is 829109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanki covers 673.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanki falls under Dadi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanki is Kuju, about 11 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 Kanki.

Kanki is about 29 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanki is in Dadi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Saunda is about 10 km away. Kuju is about 11 km away. Dadi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.