# Kankar Village, Agar, Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Agar, Shajapur 

# Kankar

Kankar is a village in Agar sub-district of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **464 people in 107 households**, the 99th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 464people (2011)
- 107households
- 88.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Kankar PIN code and other codes

Kankar falls in Agar sub-district, Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAgar
- Census village code472528

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kankar from nearby towns?

- Agar (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Shajapur (district HQ)58 km by road
- Agar (nearest town)7 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kankar?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Kankar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Agar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Agar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shajapur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kankar known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 52% of the 481 hectares of village land is sown, and 92 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kankar

Of every 100 households in Kankar in 2011, 89 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kankar · ■ Agar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****7%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**41%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kankar?

■ Kankar · ■ Agar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**932

Working population ****58.6%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 84.2% for women. 60% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (12%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 193 (71%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Agar

- Kundla Buzurg506 people
- Jhikadiya499 people
- Kachnariya499 people
- Bhacha Khedi476 people
- Sunariya463 people
- Gangu Khedi461 people
- Pipalya Kalan459 people
- Napa Khedi443 people

[All 137 villages in Agar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shajapur/agar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kankar from Shajapur?58 km by road
- What is the population of Kankar?464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankar in?Shajapur district (Agar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kankar?88.4% (Census 2011)