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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kanksa is a small village in Mayureswar-I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 563 across 144 households. The village has a railway facility and a literacy rate of 62%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHUBHENDU MANDAL
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- LGD code
- 316517
- Pincode
- 731216
- Post office
- Mallarpur
- Population
- 563
- Households
- 144
- Literacy rate
- 62%
- Sex ratio
- 1011 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 232
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 67 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 135 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1152 km
- Nearest railway station
- Panagarh · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Repose Nursing Home · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanksa compares
By population, Kanksa ranks #82 of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.0%
Same as the mandal average
- Kanksa
- 62.0%
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 62.0%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,011
+50 vs mandal average
- Kanksa
- 1,011
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kanksa
- 3.9
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanksa at a glance
Kanksa is a village of 563 people in 144 households (Census 2011) in Mayureswar - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 82nd-largest of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I block. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Birbhum district centre, 11 km from Mankar, the nearest town, under 1 km from Panagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731216, served by Mallarpur post office; the LGD village code is 316517. The nearest hospital or health centre is Repose Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SHUBHENDU MANDAL, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 664 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bajitpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanksa · this village | 563 | 62% | — |
| Kanksa · Murshidabad Jiaganj | 2,608 | 54% | 0 km N |
| Dharala · Ausgram - II | 1,500 | 69% | 2.9 km SE |
| Mahalchandni · Kanksa | 347 | 61% | 3 km NW |
| Sonai · Ausgram - II | 3,185 | 54% | 3.2 km NE |
| Ijjatganj · Kanksa | 4,085 | 76% | 3.4 km NW |
| Naskarbandh · Galsi - I | 1,620 | 70% | 3.7 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanksa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 98.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanksa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanksa
- LGD code
- 316517
- Pincode
- 731216
- Post office
- Mallarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 563
- Population (projected 2026)
- 664
- Households
- 144
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1011
- Literacy rate
- 62.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.44942°N, 87.45584°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHUBHENDU MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Mayureswar - I
- Nearest railway station
- Panagarh (0.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kanksa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata135 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1152 km
- Delhi1173 km
- Chennai1379 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPanagarh<1 km
- Bus stopমুচিপাড়া12 km
- Hospital / PHCRepose Nursing Home<1 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank14 km
- Petrol pumpDamodar Automobiles27 km
- CollegeB.C. Roy College of polytecnic14 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station30 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Panagarhunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kanksa
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kanksa
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Mitra Sangha Club LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731216
- MallarpurMayureswar - I mandal6,471 pop
- BaraturigramMayureswar - I mandal5,968 pop
- SanakpurMayureswar - I mandal5,050 pop
- SekhpurMayureswar - I mandal4,638 pop
- HazipurMayureswar - I mandal4,345 pop
- RangtaraMayureswar - I mandal4,120 pop
- BirchandrapurMayureswar - I mandal3,808 pop
- LachhiatorMayureswar - I mandal3,267 pop
- DabukMayureswar - I mandal3,096 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)