About Sankh Village

Sankh is a large village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,421, made up of 1,214 males and 1,207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankh village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	591 hectares
Population	2,421
Male Population	1,214
Female Population	1,207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankh compares

By the 2011 count Sankh is the 12th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 591 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Sankh

Sankh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sankh as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sankh from other places

Sankh lies about 57 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 16 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 Sankh
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	16 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	36 km
District headquarters	Giridih	57 km

Villages closest to Sankh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankh village had a population of 2,421. That makes it the 12th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Sankh village has 1,214 males and 1,207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankh has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Sankh is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankh covers 591 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankh falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankh is Dhanwar, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sankh.

Sankh is about 57 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankh is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 6.2 km away. Dhanwar is about 16 km away. Kodarma is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.