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Kanke is a census town in the Kanke CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Kanke has a large water reservoir called Kanke Dam, which is used to supply water to Ranchi city.

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Place details

Locality
Kanke
Region
Jharkhand
Country
India
Population
17,560
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Kanke
Settlement.settlement_type
Census Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Kanke Dam - Ranchi 9308.JPG
Settlement.image_alt
Kanke Dam
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Jharkhand#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jharkhand
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ranchi
Settlement.government_type
Federal democracy
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
4.9
Settlement.elevation_m
611
Settlement.population_total
17560
Settlement.population_as_of
2011

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Area overview
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Infrastructure
  • References

Kanke is a census town in the Kanke CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Kanke has a large water reservoir called Kanke Dam, which is used to supply water to Ranchi city.

==Demographics== According to the 2011 Census of India, Kanke had a total population of 17,560, of which 9,166 (52%) were males and 8,394 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,862. The total number of literate persons in Kanke was 13,837 (88.14% of the population over 6 years).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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