About Sankanal Village

Sankanal is a mid sized village in Basavana Bagevadi tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,863, made up of 922 males and 941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2065.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 586112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankanal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankanal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Basavana Bagevadi
Pincode	586112
Area (hectares)	2065.84 hectares
Population	1,863
Male Population	922
Female Population	941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankanal compares

By the 2011 count Sankanal is the 57th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,604 residents. Its 2065.84 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 968.

Getting to Sankanal

Sankanal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankanal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sankanal from other places

Sankanal lies about 25 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 66 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 Sankanal
Tehsil headquarters	Basavana Bagevadi	25 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	25 km
Nearest railway station	Bacheli	66 km

Villages closest to Sankanal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basavana Bagevadi 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 Sankanal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankanal village had a population of 1,863. That makes it the 57th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,604 residents.

Sankanal village has 922 males and 941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankanal has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Sankanal is 586112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankanal covers 2065.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankanal falls under Basavana Bagevadi tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sankanal is Bacheli, about 66 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Sankanal is about 25 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankanal is in Basavana Bagevadi tehsil of Bijapur district. Basavana Bagevadi is about 25 km away. Bijapur is about 25 km away. Bacheli is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.