About Sankri Village

Sankri is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,737, made up of 854 males and 883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	443.29 hectares
Population	1,737
Male Population	854
Female Population	883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sankri compares

By the 2011 count Sankri is the 23rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 443.29 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Sankri

Sankri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankri as Available. 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 Sankri from other places

Sankri lies about 41 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Latabor, about 3.5 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 Sankri
Nearest railway station	Latabor	3.5 km
Nearest town	Balod	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	14 km
District headquarters	Durg	41 km

Villages closest to Sankri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankri village had a population of 1,737. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Sankri village has 854 males and 883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankri has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Sankri is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankri covers 443.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankri falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sankri is Latabor, about 3.5 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Sankri.

Sankri is about 41 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankri is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Latabor is about 3.5 km away. Balod is about 11 km away. Gunderdehi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.