About Sankarapur Village

Sankarapur is a small village in Harichandanpur tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 63 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarapur village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Harichandanpur
Pincode	758028
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	118
Male Population	63
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankarapur compares

By the 2011 count Sankarapur is the 101st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Sankarapur

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

Sankarapur lies about 32 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about 29 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 Sankarapur
Nearest railway station	Basantapur	29 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	32 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harichandanpur	34 km

Villages closest to Sankarapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarapur village had a population of 118. That makes it the 101st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 743 residents.

Sankarapur village has 63 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarapur has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Sankarapur is 758028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarapur covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankarapur falls under Harichandanpur tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Sankarapur is Basantapur, about 29 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sankarapur.

Sankarapur is about 32 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarapur is in Harichandanpur tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about 29 km away. Kendujhar is about 32 km away. Keonjhargarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.