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About Chota Kankra Village

Chota Kankra is a small village in Adityapur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 123 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chota Kankra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chota Kankra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Adityapur
Pincode 833219
Area (hectares) 57 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 123
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chota Kankra compares

By the 2011 count Chota Kankra is the 135th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 623 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Chota Kankra

Chota Kankra is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chota Kankra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chota Kankra from other places

Chota Kankra lies about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about 7.9 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 Chota Kankra
Nearest railway station Sini Junction 7.9 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 14 km
Nearest town Gobindpur 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Adityapur 20 km

Villages closest to Chota Kankra

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.

Common questions about Chota Kankra

As per the Census of India 2011, Chota Kankra village had a population of 232. That makes it the 135th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 623 residents.

Chota Kankra village has 123 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chota Kankra has about 886 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 Chota Kankra is 833219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chota Kankra covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chota Kankra falls under Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chota Kankra is Sini Junction, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chota Kankra.

Chota Kankra is about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chota Kankra is in Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about 7.9 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 14 km away. Gobindpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaganathpur (under 2 km), Jagannathpur (under 2 km) and Gonadih (under 2 km).

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

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