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About Jarkalan Village

Jarkalan is a large village in Kanpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,537, made up of 1,384 males and 1,153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.2 hectares hectares.

Jarkalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jarkalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Kanpur
Area (hectares) 463.2 hectares
Population 2,537
Male Population 1,384
Female Population 1,153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jarkalan compares

By the 2011 count Jarkalan is the 65th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,137 residents. Its 463.2 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Jarkalan

Jarkalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jarkalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jarkalan from other places

Jarkalan lies about 26 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Chakeri, about 4.3 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 Jarkalan
Nearest railway station Chakeri 4.3 km
Nearest town Kanpur Cantonment 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanpur 14 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 26 km

Villages closest to Jarkalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jarkalan village had a population of 2,537. That makes it the 65th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,137 residents.

Jarkalan village has 1,384 males and 1,153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jarkalan has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Jarkalan covers 463.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jarkalan falls under Kanpur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jarkalan is Chakeri, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Jarkalan.

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

Jarkalan is in Kanpur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Chakeri is about 4.3 km away. Kanpur Cantonment is about 13 km away. Kanpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baghara (2.3 km), Kudhgaon (2.6 km) and Tikrakanh (2.6 km).

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

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