About Sankarpur Village

Sankarpur is a small village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 163 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.95 hectares hectares.

Sankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sehore
Tehsil	Ashta
Area (hectares)	116.95 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	163
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sankarpur is the 155th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 116.95 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Sankarpur

Sankarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sankarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sankarpur from other places

Sankarpur lies about 41 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Jabri, about 36 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 Sankarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Ashta	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jabri	36 km
District headquarters	Sehore	41 km

Villages closest to Sankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarpur village had a population of 315. That makes it the 155th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Sankarpur village has 163 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarpur has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

Sankarpur covers 116.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankarpur falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankarpur is Jabri, about 36 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 - 10 km distance for Sankarpur.

Sankarpur is about 41 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarpur is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 3.3 km away. Jabri is about 36 km away. Sehore is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.