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About Sankuhi Village

Sankuhi is a mid sized village in Kundam tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 411 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 475.5 hectares hectares.

Sankuhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankuhi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Kundam
Area (hectares) 475.5 hectares
Population 835
Male Population 411
Female Population 424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankuhi compares

By the 2011 count Sankuhi is the 34th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 475.5 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1017.

Getting to Sankuhi

Sankuhi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sankuhi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Sankuhi from other places

Sankuhi lies about 29 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Deori, 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 Sankuhi
Tehsil headquarters Kundam 13 km
Nearest railway station Deori 28 km
Nearest town Panāgar 28 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 29 km

Villages closest to Sankuhi

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

Common questions about Sankuhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankuhi village had a population of 835. That makes it the 34th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Sankuhi village has 411 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankuhi has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Sankuhi covers 475.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankuhi falls under Kundam tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankuhi is Deori, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sankuhi.

Sankuhi is about 29 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankuhi is in Kundam tehsil of Jabalpur district. Kundam is about 13 km away. Deori is about 28 km away. Panāgar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doli (under 2 km), Dunda (2.6 km) and Dadargawan (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sankuhi today is likely to be higher.

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