Kankarda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Kankarda ranks #82 of 131 villages in Patharia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankarda is a village of 652 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Patharia tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 82nd-largest of 131 villages in Patharia tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 470666, served by Pathariya post office; the LGD village code is 462136. The sarpanch is Poonabai Ahirwar, and the village votes in Naryoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Er. Pradeep Lariya. The population is estimated at 769 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mehalwara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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