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About Kokanga Village

Kokanga is a mid sized village in Ahmadpur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,140, made up of 613 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361 hectares hectares.

Kokanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kokanga village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Ahmadpur
Area (hectares) 361 hectares
Population 1,140
Male Population 613
Female Population 527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kokanga compares

By the 2011 count Kokanga is the 60th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 361 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Kokanga

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

Kokanga lies about 53 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Chakur, about 23 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 Kokanga
Tehsil headquarters Ahmadpur 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Chakur 23 km
District headquarters Latur 53 km

Villages closest to Kokanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kokanga village had a population of 1,140. That makes it the 60th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Kokanga village has 613 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kokanga has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Kokanga covers 361 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kokanga falls under Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kokanga is Chakur, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kokanga.

Kokanga is about 53 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kokanga is in Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district. Ahmadpur is about 5.6 km away. Chakur is about 23 km away. Latur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jawalga (under 2 km), Thorliwadi (1.8 km) and Malegaon Kh (1.8 km).

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

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