About Kankara Village

Kankara is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 78 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473774, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Pincode	473774
Area (hectares)	398.13 hectares
Population	145
Male Population	78
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankara compares

By the 2011 count Kankara is the 170th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 398.13 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Kankara

Kankara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kankara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kankara from other places

Kankara lies about 30 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Kolaras, about 8.8 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 Kankara
Nearest railway station	Kolaras	8.8 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	30 km

Villages closest to Kankara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankara village had a population of 145. That makes it the 170th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Kankara village has 78 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankara has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Kankara is 473774. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankara covers 398.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kankara falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kankara is Kolaras, about 8.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kankara.

Kankara is about 30 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankara is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Kolaras is about 8.8 km away. Shivpuri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.