About Sankarpur Village

Sankarpur is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 323 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	815352
Area (hectares)	94 hectares
Population	603
Male Population	323
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 80th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

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 150 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 9.5 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	Lakshmipur Bhorang	9.5 km
Nearest town	Colgong	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	24 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	150 km

Villages closest to Sankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarpur village had a population of 603. That makes it the 80th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Sankarpur village has 323 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarpur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Sankarpur is 815352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarpur covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sankarpur falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankarpur is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 9.5 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 150 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarpur is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 9.5 km away. Colgong is about 16 km away. Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.