About Sankra Village

Sankra is a large village in Rajnandgaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,577, made up of 1,325 males and 1,252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 928.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Rajnandgaon
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	928.71 hectares
Population	2,577
Male Population	1,325
Female Population	1,252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
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 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents. Its 928.71 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

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 16 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 8.3 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	Murhipar	8.3 km
Nearest town	Durg	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnandgaon	16 km

Villages closest to Sankra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajnandgaon 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 2,577. That makes it the 10th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents.

Sankra village has 1,325 males and 1,252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankra has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Sankra is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankra covers 928.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankra falls under Rajnandgaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sankra is Murhipar, about 8.3 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 16 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankra is in Rajnandgaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Murhipar is about 8.3 km away. Durg is about 13 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.