By population, Kankati ranks #37 of 222 villages in Samudrapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankati is a village of 843 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Samudrapur taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 37th-largest of 222 villages in Samudrapur taluka. Literacy is 71%, 4 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 873 women per 1,000 men. It lies 174 km from the Wardha district centre, 26 km from Bhainsa, the nearest town, 29 km from Mahimba railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442301, served by Hinganghat post office; the LGD village code is 534556. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurvedic Dispensary, Sarangapur (NRHM), 7 km away. The village votes in Deoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Bhaurao Bakane. The population is estimated at 994 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kankati (Pu) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankati · this village | 843 | 71% | — |
| Vaikuntapur · Sarangapur | 983 | 47% | 1 km SW |
| Tandra · Sarangapur | 1,370 | 48% | 2.6 km SE |
| Gulmadaga · Narsapur G | 4,283 | 40% | 3.5 km W |
| Chincholi (M) · Akkalkot | 722 | 61% | 4.4 km NE |
| Kusli · Narsapur G | 1,955 | 37% | 4.6 km S |
| Anjani · Narsapur G | 627 | 43% | 5.5 km SW |
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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