About Sankanur Village

Sankanur is a large village in Yelbarga tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,193, made up of 1,064 males and 1,129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1087.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankanur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Yelbarga
Pincode	583236
Area (hectares)	1087.77 hectares
Population	2,193
Male Population	1,064
Female Population	1,129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankanur compares

By the 2011 count Sankanur is the 34th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 1087.77 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Sankanur

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

Sankanur lies about 49 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, about 28 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 Sankanur
Nearest town	Gajendragarh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yelbarga	17 km
Nearest railway station	Somanakatti	28 km
District headquarters	Koppal	49 km

Villages closest to Sankanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankanur village had a population of 2,193. That makes it the 34th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Sankanur village has 1,064 males and 1,129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankanur has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Sankanur is 583236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankanur covers 1087.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankanur falls under Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sankanur is Somanakatti, about 28 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 Sankanur.

Sankanur is about 49 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankanur is in Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district. Gajendragarh is about 10 km away. Yelbarga is about 17 km away. Somanakatti is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.