About Shankarwadi Village

Shankarwadi is a mid sized village in Gangakhed tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,283, made up of 650 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Parbhani
Tehsil	Gangakhed
Pincode	431514
Area (hectares)	649.29 hectares
Population	1,283
Male Population	650
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Shankarwadi is the 49th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents. Its 649.29 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 923.

Getting to Shankarwadi

Shankarwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shankarwadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Shankarwadi from other places

Shankarwadi lies about 35 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Vadgaon Nila, about 6.2 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 Shankarwadi
Nearest railway station	Vadgaon Nila	6.2 km
Nearest town	Gangākher	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangakhed	35 km
District headquarters	Parbhani	35 km

Villages closest to Shankarwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarwadi village had a population of 1,283. That makes it the 49th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents.

Shankarwadi village has 650 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarwadi has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Shankarwadi is 431514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankarwadi covers 649.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankarwadi falls under Gangakhed tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shankarwadi is Vadgaon Nila, about 6.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shankarwadi.

Shankarwadi is about 35 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarwadi is in Gangakhed tehsil of Parbhani district. Vadgaon Nila is about 6.2 km away. Gangākher is about 7.2 km away. Gangakhed is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.