About Sankari Village

Sankari is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 376 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	427.1 hectares
Population	784
Male Population	376
Female Population	408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,085
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankari compares

By the 2011 count Sankari is the 80th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 427.1 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1016.

Getting to Sankari

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

Sankari lies about 86 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 59 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 Sankari
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	8.7 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	11 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	59 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	86 km

Villages closest to Sankari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankari village had a population of 784. That makes it the 80th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Sankari village has 376 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankari has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Sankari is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankari covers 427.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankari falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sankari is Komakhan railway station, about 59 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 Sankari.

Sankari is about 86 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankari is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 8.7 km away. Saraipali is about 11 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.