About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,274, made up of 636 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	616.34 hectares
Population	1,274
Male Population	636
Female Population	638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 34th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 616.34 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 69 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 40 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 Shankarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	25 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	29 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	40 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	69 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 1,274. That makes it the 34th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Shankarpur village has 636 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Shankarpur is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankarpur covers 616.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Komakhan railway station, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 69 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 25 km away. Saraipali is about 29 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.