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About Kenkara Village

Kenkara is a small village in Kesli tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 179 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 484.22 hectares hectares.

Kenkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kenkara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Kesli
Area (hectares) 484.22 hectares
Population 335
Male Population 179
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kenkara compares

By the 2011 count Kenkara is the 105th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 484.22 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Kenkara

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

How far is Kenkara from other places

Kenkara lies about 58 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Bohani, about 46 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 Kenkara
Tehsil headquarters Kesli 12 km
Nearest town Deori Khās 17 km
Nearest railway station Bohani 46 km
District headquarters Sagar 58 km

Villages closest to Kenkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kenkara village had a population of 335. That makes it the 105th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Kenkara village has 179 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kenkara has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Kenkara covers 484.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kenkara falls under Kesli tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kenkara is Bohani, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kenkara.

Kenkara is about 58 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kenkara is in Kesli tehsil of Sagar district. Kesli is about 12 km away. Deori Khās is about 17 km away. Bohani is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samnapur (1.5 km), Amoda (2.0 km) and Kusmi (2.1 km).

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

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