About Shankhakunri Village

Shankhakunri is a mid sized village in Chandankiyari tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,326, made up of 700 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 827013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankhakunri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankhakunri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Chandankiyari
Pincode	827013
Area (hectares)	381.72 hectares
Population	1,326
Male Population	700
Female Population	626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shankhakunri compares

By the 2011 count Shankhakunri is the 60th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents. Its 381.72 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 929.

Getting to Shankhakunri

Shankhakunri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankhakunri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Rangragara, Ratanpur, Sabna and Saharjuri. 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 Shankhakunri

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankhakunri village had a population of 1,326. That makes it the 60th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,820 residents.

Shankhakunri village has 700 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankhakunri 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 929.

The pincode recorded for Shankhakunri is 827013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankhakunri covers 381.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankhakunri falls under Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Shankhakunri notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shankhakunri.

Shankhakunri is in Chandankiyari tehsil of Bokaro 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.