Kankjol
Village
Kankjol is located in Jharkhand
Kankjol
Kankjol
Kankjol is located in India
Kankjol
Kankjol
Coordinates: 24°47′46″N 87°48′47″E / 24.796°N 87.813°E / 24.796; 87.813
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictSahibganj
BlockBarharwa
Area
[1]
 • Total1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,501
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Languages
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Kankjol is a village in Barharwa block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand. It was historically the seat of a pargana. As of 2011, it has a population of 2,501 people, in 514 households.

History

John Beames identified Kānjkol with the "Kánakjok" of the Ain-i Akbari, which is listed as a mahal in sarkar Tanda.[2]: 96  This mahal was listed with an assessed revenue of 1,589,332 dams.[3]: 130  According to Irfan Habib, the mahal of Kānkjol must have covered a "very large" area.[4]: 42  Its area was increased even further under the Nawabs of Bengal in the 1700s, when several parganas (including Rajmahal) were merged into its territory. As a result, the pargana of Kānkjol came to occupy a vast territory stretching downstream from Purnia along both sides of the Ganges.[2]: 96 

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kankjol had a population of 2,501 people, in 514 households. The population was 49.9% male (1,247) and 51.1% female (1,254). There were 547 children between the ages 0–6 in the village, or 21.2% of the total population.[1]: 248 

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Census of India 2011: Jharkhand District Census Handbook - Sahibganj, Part A (Village and Town Directory)" (PDF). sahibganj.nic.in. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 Beames, John (1896). "Notes on Akbar's Súbahs, with Reference to the Aín-i Akbarí". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Jan. 1896): 83–136. JSTOR 25207777. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Habib, Irfan (1982). An Atlas of the Mughal Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195603796. Retrieved 26 March 2023.


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