About Kanka Village

Kanka is a mid sized village in Majhgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,770, made up of 851 males and 919 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Majhgaon
Pincode	833214
Area (hectares)	502 hectares
Population	1,770
Male Population	851
Female Population	919
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanka compares

By the 2011 count Kanka is the 9th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 837 residents. Its 502 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Kanka

Kanka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanka 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 Kanka from other places

Kanka lies about 62 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Māluka, 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 Kanka
Tehsil headquarters	Majhgaon	11 km
Nearest railway station	Māluka	22 km
Nearest town	Karanjiā	36 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	62 km

Villages closest to Kanka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanka village had a population of 1,770. That makes it the 9th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 837 residents.

Kanka village has 851 males and 919 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanka has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Kanka is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanka covers 502 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanka falls under Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanka is Māluka, 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 Kanka.

Kanka is about 62 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanka is in Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Majhgaon is about 11 km away. Māluka is about 22 km away. Karanjiā is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.