About Kanki Village

Kanki is a small village in Adityapur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 114 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Adityapur
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	228 hectares
Population	210
Male Population	114
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kanki compares

By the 2011 count Kanki is the 139th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 623 residents. Its 228 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Kanki

Kanki is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanki as Available within 5 - 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanki from other places

Kanki lies about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 13 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	Gobindpur	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Birbans	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Adityapur	16 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	21 km

Villages closest to Kanki

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Adityapur 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 210. That makes it the 139th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 623 residents.

Kanki village has 114 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanki has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Kanki is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanki covers 228 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanki falls under Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanki is Birbans, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Kanki is about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanki is in Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Gobindpur is about 6.0 km away. Birbans is about 13 km away. Adityapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.