About Shankargarh Village

Shankargarh is a small village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 153 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares.

Shankargarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankargarh village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Karera
Area (hectares)	265 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	153
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Shankargarh compares

By the 2011 count Shankargarh is the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Shankargarh

Shankargarh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankargarh 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 Shankargarh from other places

Shankargarh lies about 79 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Datia, about 4.7 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 Shankargarh
Nearest railway station	Datia	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karera	33 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	79 km

Villages closest to Shankargarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankargarh village had a population of 281. That makes it the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Shankargarh village has 153 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankargarh has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 857.

Shankargarh covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankargarh falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankargarh is Datia, about 4.7 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 Shankargarh.

Shankargarh is about 79 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankargarh is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Datia is about 4.7 km away. Karera is about 33 km away. Shivpuri is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.