| Kankjol | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India |
| Coordinates: | 24.796°N 87.813°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Block |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sahibganj |
| Subdivision Name3: | Barharwa |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.43 |
| Population Total: | 2501 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | STD code |
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.
John Beames identified Kānjkol with the "Kánakjok" of the Ain-i Akbari, which is listed as a mahal in sarkar Tanda.[1] This mahal was listed with an assessed revenue of 1,589,332 dams.[2] According to Irfan Habib, the mahal of Kānkjol must have covered a "very large" area.[3] 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.[1]
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.[4]