About Sankadal Village

Sankadal is a mid sized village in Shirhatti tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 276 males and 260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankadal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankadal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Shirhatti
Pincode	582116
Area (hectares)	278.45 hectares
Population	536
Male Population	276
Female Population	260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankadal compares

By the 2011 count Sankadal is the 67th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 278.45 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Sankadal

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

Sankadal lies about 34 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Kalas, about 18 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 Sankadal
Nearest town	Lakshmeshwar	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shirhatti	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kalas	18 km
District headquarters	Gadag	34 km

Villages closest to Sankadal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankadal village had a population of 536. That makes it the 67th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Sankadal village has 276 males and 260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankadal has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Sankadal is 582116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankadal covers 278.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankadal falls under Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sankadal is Kalas, about 18 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 Sankadal.

Sankadal is about 34 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankadal is in Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district. Lakshmeshwar is about 9.2 km away. Shirhatti is about 12 km away. Kalas is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.