About Sankarapur Village

Sankarapur is a small village in Sandur tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 31 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Tehsil	Sandur
Pincode	583123
Area (hectares)	100.64 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	31
Female Population	6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	194
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sankarapur compares

By the 2011 count Sankarapur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,414 residents. Its 100.64 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sankarapur

Sankarapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankarapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sankarapur from other places

Sankarapur lies about 56 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Kariganuru, about 2.2 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 Sankarapur
Nearest railway station	Kariganuru	2.2 km
Nearest town	Hosapete	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandur	24 km
District headquarters	Bellary	56 km

Villages closest to Sankarapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarapur village had a population of 37. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,414 residents.

Sankarapur village has 31 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarapur has about 194 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sankarapur is 583123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarapur covers 100.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankarapur falls under Sandur tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sankarapur is Kariganuru, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sankarapur.

Sankarapur is about 56 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarapur is in Sandur tehsil of Bellary district. Kariganuru is about 2.2 km away. Hosapete is about 3.2 km away. Sandur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.