About Kankraj Village

Kankraj is a mid sized village in Parola tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 695 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684.8 hectares hectares.

Kankraj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankraj village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Parola
Area (hectares)	684.8 hectares
Population	1,306
Male Population	695
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankraj compares

By the 2011 count Kankraj is the 49th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,396 residents. Its 684.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Kankraj

Kankraj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kankraj as Available within village. 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 Kankraj from other places

Kankraj lies about 52 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Amalner, about 14 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 Kankraj
Tehsil headquarters	Parola	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Amalner	14 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	52 km

Villages closest to Kankraj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankraj village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 49th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,396 residents.

Kankraj village has 695 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankraj has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Kankraj covers 684.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kankraj falls under Parola tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kankraj is Amalner, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kankraj.

Kankraj is about 52 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankraj is in Parola tehsil of Jalgaon district. Parola is about 7.2 km away. Amalner is about 14 km away. Jalgaon is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.