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About Kakar Kalan Village

Kakar Kalan is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,135, made up of 570 males and 565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakar Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144629
Area (hectares) 320 hectares
Population 1,135
Male Population 570
Female Population 565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kakar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kakar Kalan is the 39th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 320 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Kakar Kalan

Kakar Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kakar Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kakar Kalan from other places

Kakar Kalan lies about 42 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Kang Khurd, about 2.6 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Kang Khurd 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 11 km
Nearest town Nakodar 24 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 42 km

Villages closest to Kakar Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakar Kalan village had a population of 1,135. That makes it the 39th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Kakar Kalan village has 570 males and 565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakar Kalan has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Kakar Kalan is 144629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakar Kalan covers 320 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kakar Kalan falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kakar Kalan is Kang Khurd, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kakar Kalan.

Kakar Kalan is about 42 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakar Kalan is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Kang Khurd is about 2.6 km away. Shahkot is about 11 km away. Nakodar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kang Kalan (under 2 km), Kotli Kamboan (under 2 km) and Kamalpur (under 2 km).

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

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