About Sankenapura Village

Sankenapura is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 176 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankenapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankenapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572111
Area (hectares)	239.87 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	176
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankenapura compares

By the 2011 count Sankenapura is the 170th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 239.87 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Sankenapura

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

Sankenapura lies about 45 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Siddapura, about 2.6 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 Sankenapura
Nearest railway station	Siddapura	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunigal	11 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	45 km

Villages closest to Sankenapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankenapura village had a population of 352. That makes it the 170th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Sankenapura village has 176 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankenapura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Sankenapura is 572111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankenapura covers 239.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankenapura falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sankenapura is Siddapura, about 2.6 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 Sankenapura.

Sankenapura is about 45 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankenapura is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Siddapura is about 2.6 km away. Kunigal is about 11 km away. Tumkur is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.