About Sankhera Village

Sankhera is a mid sized village in Chhachhrauli tehsil, in the district of Yamunanagar, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,123, made up of 593 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 135102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankhera village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Yamunanagar
Tehsil	Chhachhrauli
Pincode	135102
Area (hectares)	239 hectares
Population	1,123
Male Population	593
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankhera compares

By the 2011 count Sankhera is the 57th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Sankhera

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

Sankhera lies about 16 km from Yamunanagar, and the nearest railway station is Jagadhri Workshop, about 17 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 Sankhera
Tehsil headquarters	Chhachhrauli	4.7 km
Nearest town	Jagādhri	12 km
District headquarters	Yamunanagar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jagadhri Workshop	17 km

Villages closest to Sankhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankhera village had a population of 1,123. That makes it the 57th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Sankhera village has 593 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankhera has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Sankhera is 135102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankhera covers 239 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankhera falls under Chhachhrauli tehsil of Yamunanagar district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Sankhera is Jagadhri Workshop, about 17 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sankhera.

Sankhera is about 16 km from Yamunanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankhera is in Chhachhrauli tehsil of Yamunanagar district. Chhachhrauli is about 4.7 km away. Jagādhri is about 12 km away. Yamunanagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.