About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 637, made up of 334 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	497118
Area (hectares)	291.44 hectares
Population	637
Male Population	334
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 79th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 291.44 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 974.

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 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sargawan, Sarnadih, Sauni and Semali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 637. That makes it the 79th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Shankarpur village has 334 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Shankarpur is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankarpur covers 291.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Shankarpur notes the nearest railway station 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 Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.