About Sankar Village

Sankar is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 139 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177048, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177048
Area (hectares)	49.26 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	139
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankar compares

By the 2011 count Sankar is the 86th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 49.26 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 1091.

Getting to Sankar

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

Sankar lies about 31 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Sankar
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	22 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Sankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankar village had a population of 266. That makes it the 86th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Sankar village has 139 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankar has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Sankar is 177048. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankar covers 49.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankar falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Sankar.

Sankar is about 31 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankar is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 13 km away. Nadaun is about 22 km away. Hamirpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.