About Kankar Village

Kankar is a large village in Behror tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,319, made up of 1,770 males and 1,549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 750.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301708, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankar village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Behror
Pincode	301708
Area (hectares)	750.88 hectares
Population	3,319
Male Population	1,770
Female Population	1,549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankar compares

By the 2011 count Kankar is the 18th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents. Its 750.88 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Kankar

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

Kankar lies about 59 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Bawal, about 9.8 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 Kankar
Nearest railway station	Bawal	9.8 km
Nearest town	Rewāri	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Behror	28 km
District headquarters	Alwar	59 km

Villages closest to Kankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankar village had a population of 3,319. That makes it the 18th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents.

Kankar village has 1,770 males and 1,549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Kankar is 301708. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankar covers 750.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankar falls under Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Kankar is Bawal, about 9.8 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 Kankar.

Kankar is about 59 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankar is in Behror tehsil of Alwar district. Bawal is about 9.8 km away. Rewāri is about 20 km away. Behror is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.