About Sankra Village

Sankra is a large village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,905, made up of 1,450 males and 1,455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 712.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	496220
Area (hectares)	712.14 hectares
Population	2,905
Male Population	1,450
Female Population	1,455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankra compares

By the 2011 count Sankra is the 10th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 712.14 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Sankra

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

Sankra lies about 29 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 7.7 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 Sankra
Nearest railway station	Kumhari	7.7 km
Nearest town	Raipur	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	17 km
District headquarters	Durg	29 km

Villages closest to Sankra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankra village had a population of 2,905. That makes it the 10th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Sankra village has 1,450 males and 1,455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankra has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Sankra is 496220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankra covers 712.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankra falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sankra is Kumhari, about 7.7 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Sankra.

Sankra is about 29 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankra is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Kumhari is about 7.7 km away. Raipur is about 9.8 km away. Patan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.