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Kako is a village in Jhanjharpur mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar, with a population of 3,073 residing in 596 households. The village has a literacy rate of 43%.
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- LGD code
- 220696
- Pincode
- 847404
- Post office
- Jhanjharpur
- Population
- 3,073
- Households
- 596
- Literacy rate
- 43%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,412
- Distance to district centre
- 132 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 158 km
- Distance to Patna
- 41 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 447 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karona · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bandhuganj Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kako compares
By population, Kako ranks #20 of 67 villages in Jhanjharpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.0%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Kako
- 43.0%
- Jhanjharpur mandal
- 49.9%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−5 vs mandal average
- Kako
- 933
- Jhanjharpur mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kako
- 5.2
- Jhanjharpur mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kako at a glance
Kako is a village of 3,073 people in 596 households (Census 2011) in Jhanjharpur block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 20th-largest of 67 villages in Jhanjharpur block. Literacy is 43%, 7 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 132 km from the Madhubani district centre, 0 km from Kako, the nearest town, 7 km from Karona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847404, served by Jhanjharpur post office; the LGD village code is 220696. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bandhuganj Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 3,623 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kako
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JHANJHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kako
- Total area (ha)
- 442
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kako
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kako
- LGD code
- 220696
- Pincode
- 847404
- Post office
- Jhanjharpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,073
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,623
- Households
- 596
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 43.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.22774°N, 85.06434°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Simri Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Jhanjharpur
Getting there
How to reach Kako
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna41 kmcapital
- Kolkata447 km
- Delhi865 km
- Hyderabad1106 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarona7 km
- Hospital / PHCBandhuganj Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpMaa Durga Fuel Station7 km
- CollegeSU College24 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Masaurhi14 km
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- ChanauraganjJhanjharpur mandal6,295 pop
- SukhetJhanjharpur mandal5,792 pop
- SimraJhanjharpur mandal5,163 pop
- HarnaAndhratharhi mandal4,309 pop
- Balni MehathJhanjharpur mandal3,808 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)