About Sankarpur Village

Sankarpur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 181 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	120.2 hectares
Population	360
Male Population	181
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
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 Sankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sankarpur is the 138th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 120.2 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Sankarpur

Sankarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sankarpur 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 Sankarpur from other places

Sankarpur lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 3.0 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 Sankarpur
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	3.0 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Sankarpur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Sankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarpur village had a population of 360. That makes it the 138th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Sankarpur village has 181 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarpur has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Sankarpur is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarpur covers 120.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankarpur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankarpur is Harinsing, about 3.0 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 Sankarpur.

Sankarpur is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarpur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 3.0 km away. Rampur Hat is about 25 km away. Shikaripara is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.