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About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a small village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 167 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Kalamb
Pincode 445001
Area (hectares) 494.05 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 167
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 86th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 494.05 hectares work out to about 0.7 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Shankarpur

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

Shankarpur lies about 17 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Yavatmal 1, about 19 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 Shankarpur
Tehsil headquarters Kalamb 5.7 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 17 km
Nearest town Yavatmāl 17 km
Nearest railway station Yavatmal 1 19 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

Common questions about Shankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 329. That makes it the 86th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Shankarpur village has 167 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Shankarpur is 445001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankarpur covers 494.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankarpur falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Yavatmal 1, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 17 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 5.7 km away. Yavatmal is about 17 km away. Yavatmāl is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ichora (under 2 km), Narsapur (under 2 km) and Ashti (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shankarpur today is likely to be higher.

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