About Kankoa Village

Kankoa is a mid sized village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,565, made up of 762 males and 803 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankoa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankoa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Sonua
Pincode	833102
Area (hectares)	325 hectares
Population	1,565
Male Population	762
Female Population	803
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankoa compares

By the 2011 count Kankoa is the 11th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Kankoa

Kankoa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kankoa as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kankoa from other places

Kankoa lies about 11 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 4.1 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 Kankoa
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonua	7.5 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	11 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	13 km

Villages closest to Kankoa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankoa village had a population of 1,565. That makes it the 11th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Kankoa village has 762 males and 803 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankoa has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Kankoa is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankoa covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankoa falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kankoa is Lotapahar, about 4.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kankoa.

Kankoa is about 11 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankoa is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 4.1 km away. Sonua is about 7.5 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.