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About Kankriya Village

Kankriya is a mid sized village in Jhalrapatan tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 793, made up of 412 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kankriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankriya village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Jhalrapatan
Pincode 326022
Area (hectares) 393.14 hectares
Population 793
Male Population 412
Female Population 381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kankriya compares

By the 2011 count Kankriya is the 87th largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 393.14 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Kankriya

Kankriya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kankriya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kankriya from other places

Kankriya lies about 26 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Dara, 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 Kankriya
Nearest railway station Dara 15 km
Nearest town Sangod 17 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhalrapatan 32 km

Villages closest to Kankriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankriya village had a population of 793. That makes it the 87th largest of the 318 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Kankriya village has 412 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankriya has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Kankriya is 326022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kankriya covers 393.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kankriya falls under Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Kankriya is Dara, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kankriya.

Kankriya is about 26 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankriya is in Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district. Dara is about 15 km away. Sangod is about 17 km away. Jhalawar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Loda Khera (5.9 km), Kanpura (11 km) and Ghatlai (15 km).

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

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