About Sankota Village

Sankota is a mid sized village in Nasrullaganj tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 869, made up of 438 males and 431 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 712 hectares hectares.

Sankota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankota village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sehore
Tehsil	Nasrullaganj
Area (hectares)	712 hectares
Population	869
Male Population	438
Female Population	431
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankota compares

By the 2011 count Sankota is the 72nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 712 hectares work out to about 1.2 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, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Sankota

Sankota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankota as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sankota from other places

Sankota lies about 39 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Pachawan, about 39 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 Sankota
Tehsil headquarters	Nasrullaganj	23 km
Nearest town	Nasrullāhganj	23 km
District headquarters	Sehore	39 km
Nearest railway station	Pachawan	39 km

Villages closest to Sankota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankota village had a population of 869. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Sankota village has 438 males and 431 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankota has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Sankota covers 712 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankota falls under Nasrullaganj tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankota is Pachawan, about 39 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 village for Sankota.

Sankota is about 39 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankota is in Nasrullaganj tehsil of Sehore district. Nasrullaganj is about 23 km away. Nasrullāhganj is about 23 km away. Sehore is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.