About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 863, made up of 442 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Chanderi
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	863
Male Population	442
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 63rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 50 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Lalitpur Junction, about 20 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 Shankarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Chanderi	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Lalitpur Junction	20 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	50 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 863. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Shankarpur village has 442 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Shankarpur covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Lalitpur Junction, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 50 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Chanderi is about 6.0 km away. Lalitpur Junction is about 20 km away. Ashoknagar is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.