About Shankardi Village

Shankardi is a small village in Purbi Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 146 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.46 hectares hectares.

Shankardi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankardi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Purbi Tundi
Area (hectares)	67.46 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	146
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842

How Shankardi compares

By the 2011 count Shankardi is the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 636 residents. Its 67.46 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

How far is Shankardi from other places

Shankardi lies about 37 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 8.7 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 Shankardi
Nearest railway station	Giridih	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Purbi Tundi	25 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	37 km

Villages closest to Shankardi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purbi Tundi 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 Shankardi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankardi village had a population of 269. That makes it the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 636 residents.

Shankardi village has 146 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankardi has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Shankardi covers 67.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankardi falls under Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shankardi is Giridih, about 8.7 km away in a straight line.

Shankardi is about 37 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankardi is in Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Giridih is about 8.7 km away. Purbi Tundi is about 25 km away. Dhanbad is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.