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About Kansili Village

Kansili is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 201 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares.

Kansili Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kansili village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 165 hectares
Population 433
Male Population 201
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kansili compares

By the 2011 count Kansili is the 109th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Kansili

The census records public bus service for Kansili as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kansili from other places

Kansili lies about 20 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 1.8 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 Kansili
Nearest railway station Lodhma 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 14 km
Nearest town Ranchi 17 km
District headquarters Khunti 20 km

Villages closest to Kansili

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

Common questions about Kansili

As per the Census of India 2011, Kansili village had a population of 433. That makes it the 109th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Kansili village has 201 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kansili has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Kansili covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kansili falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kansili is Lodhma, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kansili is about 20 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kansili is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Lodhma is about 1.8 km away. Karra is about 14 km away. Ranchi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lodhma (under 2 km), Lohagara (under 2 km) and Silapat (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kansili today is likely to be higher.

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