About Shanker Banda Village

Shanker Banda is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Yadgir, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 773, made up of 393 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shanker Banda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shanker Banda village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Yadgir
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	585319
Area (hectares)	461.48 hectares
Population	773
Male Population	393
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shanker Banda compares

By the 2011 count Shanker Banda is the 114th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,068 residents. Its 461.48 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Shanker Banda

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

Shanker Banda lies about 18 km from Shahpur, and the nearest railway station is Yadgir, 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 Shanker Banda
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	18 km
Nearest town	Shāhpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Yadgir	18 km

Villages closest to Shanker Banda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahpur 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 Shanker Banda

As per the Census of India 2011, Shanker Banda village had a population of 773. That makes it the 114th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,068 residents.

Shanker Banda village has 393 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shanker Banda has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Shanker Banda is 585319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shanker Banda covers 461.48 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.

Shanker Banda falls under Shahpur tehsil of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shanker Banda is Yadgir, 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 Shanker Banda.

Shanker Banda is about 18 km from Shahpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shanker Banda is in Shahpur tehsil of Yadgir district. Shahpur is about 18 km away. Shāhpur is about 18 km away. Yadgir is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.