Kancha is a village in Vidyapati Nagar mandal, Samastipur district, Bihar. With a population of 7,936 across 1,330 households, it has a literacy rate of 48.1%. The village is located at coordinates 25.722°N, 87.871°E.
By population, Kancha ranks #8 of 36 villages in Vidyapati Nagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kancha is a village of 7,936 people in 1,330 households (Census 2011) in Vidyapati Nagar block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 36 villages in Vidyapati Nagar block. Literacy is 48%, 3 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 154 km from the Samastipur district centre, 1 km from Basatpur, the nearest town, 1 km from Sudhani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 848503, served by Vidhyapati Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 236993. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 12 km away. The sarpanch is kavita kumari, and the village votes in Balrampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangita Devi. The population is estimated at 9,357 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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