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About Shankardah Village

Shankardah is a mid sized village in Dhamtari tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,258, made up of 646 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankardah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankardah village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Dhamtari
Pincode 493773
Area (hectares) 317.11 hectares
Population 1,258
Male Population 646
Female Population 612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shankardah compares

By the 2011 count Shankardah is the 54th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 317.11 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Shankardah

Shankardah 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 Shankardah as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankardah from other places

Shankardah lies about 3.7 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 3.1 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 Shankardah
Nearest railway station Sankra 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamtari 3.7 km

Villages closest to Shankardah

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

Common questions about Shankardah

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankardah village had a population of 1,258. That makes it the 54th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Shankardah village has 646 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankardah has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Shankardah is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankardah covers 317.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankardah falls under Dhamtari tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Shankardah is Sankra, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shankardah.

Shankardah is about 3.7 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankardah is in Dhamtari tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sankra is about 3.1 km away. Dhamtari is about 3.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harfatarai (1.7 km), Sehradabri (1.9 km) and Kanidabri (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shankardah today is likely to be higher.

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