About Sankanwadi Village

Sankanwadi is a mid sized village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,496, made up of 740 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankanwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankanwadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Chikodi
Pincode	591228
Area (hectares)	381.69 hectares
Population	1,496
Male Population	740
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankanwadi compares

By the 2011 count Sankanwadi is the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 381.69 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Sankanwadi

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

Sankanwadi lies about 73 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Valivade, about 24 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 Sankanwadi
Nearest town	Nipāni	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chikodi	24 km
Nearest railway station	Valivade	24 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	73 km

Villages closest to Sankanwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankanwadi village had a population of 1,496. That makes it the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Sankanwadi village has 740 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankanwadi has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Sankanwadi is 591228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankanwadi covers 381.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankanwadi falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sankanwadi is Valivade, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Sankanwadi.

Sankanwadi is about 73 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankanwadi is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Nipāni is about 11 km away. Chikodi is about 24 km away. Valivade is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.