About Sankar Village

Sankar is a mid sized village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,971, made up of 982 males and 989 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Akaltara
Pincode	495554
Area (hectares)	634.23 hectares
Population	1,971
Male Population	982
Female Population	989
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankar compares

By the 2011 count Sankar is the 28th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 634.23 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Sankar

Sankar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sankar from other places

Sankar lies about 26 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kotmi Sonar, about 8.6 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 Sankar
Nearest railway station	Kotmi Sonar	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akaltara	11 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	26 km

Villages closest to Sankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankar village had a population of 1,971. That makes it the 28th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Sankar village has 982 males and 989 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankar has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Sankar is 495554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankar covers 634.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankar falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sankar is Kotmi Sonar, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance for Sankar.

Sankar is about 26 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankar is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kotmi Sonar is about 8.6 km away. Akaltara is about 11 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.