About Sankarna Village

Sankarna is a large village in Ahore tehsil, in the district of Jalor, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,461, made up of 1,561 males and 1,900 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,217 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2359 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 343001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarna village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jalor
Tehsil	Ahore
Pincode	343001
Area (hectares)	2359 hectares
Population	3,461
Male Population	1,561
Female Population	1,900
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,217
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sankarna compares

By the 2011 count Sankarna is the 15th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,680 residents. Its 2359 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Sankarna

Sankarna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankarna as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sankarna from other places

Sankarna lies about 8.8 km from Ahore, and the nearest railway station is Jalor, about 6.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sankarna
Nearest railway station	Jalor	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ahore	8.8 km

Villages closest to Sankarna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ahore tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sankarna

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarna village had a population of 3,461. That makes it the 15th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,680 residents.

Sankarna village has 1,561 males and 1,900 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarna has about 1217 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Sankarna is 343001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarna covers 2359 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankarna falls under Ahore tehsil of Jalor district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sankarna is Jalor, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sankarna.

Sankarna is about 8.8 km from Ahore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarna is in Ahore tehsil of Jalor district. Jalor is about 6.0 km away. Ahore is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.