Kakan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Kakan ranks #1 of 99 villages in Jokihat mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kakan is a village of 12,946 people in 2,687 households (Census 2011) in Jokihat block, Araria district, Bihar, the largest of 99 villages in Jokihat block. Literacy is 30%, 12 points below the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854311, served by Araria post office; the LGD village code is 222135. The sarpanch is SABIHA KHATOON, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 15,263 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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