About Shankerajpur Village

Shankerajpur is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 340 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankerajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankerajpur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585214
Area (hectares)	398.73 hectares
Population	695
Male Population	340
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankerajpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankerajpur is the 83rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 398.73 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Shankerajpur

Shankerajpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shankerajpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankerajpur from other places

Shankerajpur lies about 76 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 25 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 Shankerajpur
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kurgunta	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	28 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	76 km

Villages closest to Shankerajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankerajpur village had a population of 695. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Shankerajpur village has 340 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankerajpur has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Shankerajpur is 585214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankerajpur covers 398.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankerajpur falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shankerajpur is Kurgunta, about 25 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 village for Shankerajpur.

Shankerajpur is about 76 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankerajpur is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 15 km away. Kurgunta is about 25 km away. Sedam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.