# Kankra Village, Karahal, Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Karahal, Sheopur 

# Kankra

Kankra is a village in Karahal sub-district of Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **285 people in 55 households**, the 86th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 48.2%.

- 285people (2011)
- 55households
- 49.3%literacy
- 804females per 1,000 males

## Kankra PIN code and other codes

Kankra falls in Karahal sub-district, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKarahal
- Census village code451837

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

## How far is Kankra from nearby towns?

- Karahal (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Sheopur (district HQ)66 km by road
- Sheopur (nearest town)66 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 Kankra?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bargava
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shivpuri
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Kankra known for?

About 34% of the 733 hectares of village land is sown, and 221 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 Kankra

Of every 100 households in Kankra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kankra · ■ Karahal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****6%**

**2%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****78%**

**37%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**52%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kankra?

■ Kankra · ■ Karahal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**48.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****804**

**925

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**908

Working population ****42.8%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.3% for men and 34.0% for women. 39% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 93 (76%)

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 Karahal

- Ajoney354 people
- Rahron309 people
- Silori302 people
- Dubdee292 people
- Sondhni270 people
- Kapeela241 people
- Palampur229 people
- Govarda Kalan208 people

[All 117 villages in Karahal](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/sheopur/karahal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kankra from Sheopur?66 km by road
- What is the population of Kankra?285 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankra in?Sheopur district (Karahal sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kankra?49.3% (Census 2011)