About Kankar Village

Kankar is a large village in Narwar tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,467, made up of 1,346 males and 1,121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 883.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 435820, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Narwar
Pincode	435820
Area (hectares)	883.21 hectares
Population	2,467
Male Population	1,346
Female Population	1,121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankar compares

By the 2011 count Kankar is the 17th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 883.21 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 836.

Getting to Kankar

Kankar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kankar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kankar from other places

Kankar lies about 48 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Indergarh, about 31 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 Kankar
Tehsil headquarters	Narwar	14 km
Nearest town	Karera	28 km
Nearest railway station	Indergarh	31 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	48 km

Villages closest to Kankar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narwar 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 2,467. That makes it the 17th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Kankar village has 1,346 males and 1,121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankar has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 836.

The pincode recorded for Kankar is 435820. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankar covers 883.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankar falls under Narwar tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kankar is Indergarh, about 31 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 village for Kankar.

Kankar is about 48 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankar is in Narwar tehsil of Shivpuri district. Narwar is about 14 km away. Karera is about 28 km away. Indergarh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.