About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a mid sized village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 341 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	438 hectares
Population	688
Male Population	341
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
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 59th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 438 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 87 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 7.4 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 Shankarpur
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	1.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kajrat Nawadih	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	26 km
District headquarters	Chatra	87 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 688. That makes it the 59th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Shankarpur village has 341 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Shankarpur is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankarpur covers 438 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankarpur falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Kajrat Nawadih, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 87 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Nabīnagar is about 1.9 km away. Kajrat Nawadih is about 7.4 km away. Pratappur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.