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About Kankia Village

Kankia is a small village in Dharmasala tehsil, in the district of Jajapur, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 22 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 755008, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankia village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Jajapur
Tehsil Dharmasala
Pincode 755008
Area (hectares) 40 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 22
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 773
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 Kankia compares

By the 2011 count Kankia is the 95th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 789 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 973.

Getting to Kankia

Kankia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kankia 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. The nearest villages by name are Kaimasana, Kainchamaua, Kampalu and Kanchia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kankia

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankia village had a population of 39. That makes it the 95th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 789 residents.

Kankia village has 22 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankia has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Kankia is 755008. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankia covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kankia falls under Dharmasala tehsil of Jajapur district in Odisha.

The census record for Kankia notes the nearest railway station 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 Kankia.

Kankia is in Dharmasala tehsil of Jajapur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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