About Kankusi Village

Kankusi is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 370, made up of 186 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankusi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankusi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	191 hectares
Population	370
Male Population	186
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
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 Kankusi compares

By the 2011 count Kankusi is the 90th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Kankusi

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

Kankusi lies about 25 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 29 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 Kankusi
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	14 km
District headquarters	Khunti	25 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	29 km

Villages closest to Kankusi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankusi village had a population of 370. That makes it the 90th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Kankusi village has 186 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankusi has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Kankusi is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankusi covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kankusi falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kankusi is Pakra, about 29 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 Kankusi.

Kankusi is about 25 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankusi is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 25 km away. Pakra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.