About Sankarpur Village

Sankarpur is a mid sized village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 285 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821530, 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	Kundhit
Pincode	821530
Area (hectares)	239.59 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	285
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sankarpur is the 48th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 239.59 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Sankarpur

Sankarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankarpur as Available within village. 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 Sankarpur from other places

Sankarpur lies about 35 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 22 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	Giridih	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundhit	35 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	35 km

Villages closest to Sankarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kundhit 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 590. That makes it the 48th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Sankarpur village has 285 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarpur has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Sankarpur is 821530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarpur covers 239.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankarpur falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankarpur is Giridih, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sankarpur.

Sankarpur is about 35 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 Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Giridih is about 22 km away. Kundhit is about 35 km away. Jamtara is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.