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About Kankar Dwara Village

Kankar Dwara is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 39 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.05 hectares hectares.

Kankar Dwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kankar Dwara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 159.05 hectares
Population 73
Male Population 39
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
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 Kankar Dwara compares

By the 2011 count Kankar Dwara is the 607th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 159.05 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Kankar Dwara

Kankar Dwara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kankar Dwara 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 Kankar Dwara from other places

Kankar Dwara lies about 16 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Kahiliya, about 10 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 Dwara
Nearest town Kānt 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Kahiliya 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 16 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 16 km

Villages closest to Kankar Dwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kankar Dwara village had a population of 73. That makes it the 607th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Kankar Dwara village has 39 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kankar Dwara has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Kankar Dwara covers 159.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kankar Dwara falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kankar Dwara is Kahiliya, about 10 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 Kankar Dwara.

Kankar Dwara is about 16 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kankar Dwara is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Kānt is about 9.7 km away. Kahiliya is about 10 km away. Powayan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohiuddinpur (2.1 km), Mahurena (4.5 km) and Mareena (4.5 km).

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

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