About Shankargaon Village

Shankargaon is a mid sized village in Pandharpur tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 694 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.82 hectares hectares.

Shankargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankargaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Pandharpur
Area (hectares)	686.82 hectares
Population	1,307
Male Population	694
Female Population	613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankargaon compares

By the 2011 count Shankargaon is the 85th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,434 residents. Its 686.82 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 910.

Getting to Shankargaon

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

Shankargaon lies about 41 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Babhulgaon, about 21 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 Shankargaon
Nearest town	Mangalvedha	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pandharpur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Babhulgaon	21 km
District headquarters	Solapur	41 km

Villages closest to Shankargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankargaon village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 85th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,434 residents.

Shankargaon village has 694 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankargaon has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Shankargaon covers 686.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankargaon falls under Pandharpur tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shankargaon is Babhulgaon, about 21 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 Shankargaon.

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

Shankargaon is in Pandharpur tehsil of Solapur district. Mangalvedha is about 16 km away. Pandharpur is about 21 km away. Babhulgaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.