About Kankriya Village

Kankriya is a large village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,064, made up of 1,047 males and 1,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564.79 hectares hectares.

Kankriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankriya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Mhow
Area (hectares)	564.79 hectares
Population	2,064
Male Population	1,047
Female Population	1,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Kankriya compares

By the 2011 count Kankriya is the 27th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 564.79 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Kankriya

Kankriya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kankriya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kankriya from other places

Kankriya lies about 36 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 17 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 Kankriya
Nearest railway station	Patalpani Waterfall	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mhow	18 km
District headquarters	Indore	36 km

Villages closest to Kankriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankriya village had a population of 2,064. That makes it the 27th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Kankriya village has 1,047 males and 1,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankriya has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Kankriya covers 564.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankriya falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kankriya is Patalpani Waterfall, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kankriya.

Kankriya is about 36 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankriya is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Patalpani Waterfall is about 17 km away. Mhow is about 18 km away. Indore is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.