About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a small village in Dandkhora tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 177 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Dandkhora
Area (hectares)	94 hectares
Population	383
Male Population	177
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 40th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 7.9 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Dandkhora, about 2.7 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 Shankarpur
Nearest railway station	Dandkhora	2.7 km
District headquarters	Katihar	7.9 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dandkhora 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 Shankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 383. That makes it the 40th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Shankarpur village has 177 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Shankarpur covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Dandkhora tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Dandkhora, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 7.9 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Dandkhora tehsil of Katihar district. Dandkhora is about 2.7 km away. Katihar is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.