About Kakar Village

Kakar is a large village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,479, made up of 1,833 males and 1,646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1763 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143110
Area (hectares)	1763 hectares
Population	3,479
Male Population	1,833
Female Population	1,646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakar compares

By the 2011 count Kakar is the 19th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 1763 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Kakar

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

Kakar lies about 33 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is واہگہ, about 15 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 Kakar
Nearest railway station	واہگہ	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	25 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	25 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	33 km

Villages closest to Kakar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakar village had a population of 3,479. That makes it the 19th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Kakar village has 1,833 males and 1,646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakar has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Kakar is 143110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakar covers 1763 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakar falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kakar is واہگہ, about 15 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 village for Kakar.

Kakar is about 33 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakar is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. واہگہ is about 15 km away. Ajnala is about 25 km away. Ajnāla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.