Kako is a town in

Jehanabad district Jehanabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar States and territories of India, state, India. Jehanabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division, and is located o ...

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

, a state in northeastern

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. Until 1984, Kako was a part of the

Gaya district } Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district he ...

. In 2010, the town's state representation was shifted from the Jehanabad constituency to the Ghosi constituency of Bihar's

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve fiv ...

(legislative assembly). Though the population density is very high, the basic infrastructure is not optimal.

Demographics

Kako is located in the Jehanabad district,

state. Kako has a population of 3,554 families, with 23,037 people in all: 11,890 male, 11,147 are female (). Children under the age of 6 make up 18.08% of the total population (around 4165 children). In 2011, the literacy rate of Kako was 67.22% compared to 61.80% in the state. In Kako, literacy for males stands at 76.77%, above female at 57.02%.

Geography

Kako is located at an elevation of .Map and weather of Kako
/ref> Temperatures vary from . The climate ranges from very hot in summer to very cold in winter. The average annual rainfall is , 90 percent of which comes from monsoons. The soil is very fertile, known locally as ''Kemal''. National Highway 110 passes through Kako. The closest airport is Patna and Gaya, and the closest railway station is away at Jehanabad.

Agriculture

Most of the people of Kako depend on agriculture. The main crops are rice, wheat and pulses (a type of

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

harvested for its dry seed). The land is very fertile, and there are ponds useful to agriculture. Some people are also engaged in vegetable farming.

Tourism

* Bibi Kamal – This tomb is situated from Kako, holding the remains of a revered Muslim woman, Bibi Kamal Sahiba. Bibi Kamal's Urs takes place in November every year when cooked rice with milk " Kheer " is distributed among devotees seeking her blessings. *Sun temple – The Sun temple draws many locals to Kako during the Vedic festival of Chatth Puja. *

Barabar Caves The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, north of Gaya. The ...

– These rock-cut caves are from Kako. The

Archaeological Survey of India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexander ...

has petitioned UNESCO for the inclusion of Barabar hills in the world heritage list of monuments. *

Nalanda Nalanda (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) was a renowned Buddhism, Buddhist ''mahavihara'' (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be am ...

– Famous for "KUND" of Sufi saint Makhdoom Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri R.A. and a Buddhist tourist attraction in Rajigir, from Kako. *

Bodh Gaya Bodh Gayā is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple complex, situated in the Gaya district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place where Gautam ...

– This Buddhist pilgrimage site is from Kako.

References

{{reflist Villages in Jehanabad district