About Kankar Village

Kankar is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 682, made up of 345 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares.

Kankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Mungaoli
Area (hectares)	317 hectares
Population	682
Male Population	345
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kankar compares

By the 2011 count Kankar is the 117th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Kankar

Kankar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kankar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kankar from other places

Kankar lies about 43 km from Ashoknagar. 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 Kankar
Tehsil headquarters	Mungaoli	6.8 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	43 km

Villages closest to Kankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankar village had a population of 682. That makes it the 117th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Kankar village has 345 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankar has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 888.

Kankar covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankar falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Kankar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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 Kankar.

Kankar is about 43 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankar is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Mungaoli is about 6.8 km away. Ashoknagar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.