About Sankarpur Village

Sankarpur is a mid sized village in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,679, made up of 1,006 males and 673 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 669 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Kendujhar Sadar
Pincode	758002
Area (hectares)	233 hectares
Population	1,679
Male Population	1,006
Female Population	673
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	669
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sankarpur is the 16th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 760 residents. Its 233 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Sankarpur

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

Sankarpur lies about 6.3 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Kendujhargarh, about 2.1 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 Sankarpur
Nearest railway station	Kendujhargarh	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kendujhar Sadar	6.3 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	6.3 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	6.3 km

Villages closest to Sankarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kendujhar Sadar 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 Sankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarpur village had a population of 1,679. That makes it the 16th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 760 residents.

Sankarpur village has 1,006 males and 673 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarpur has about 669 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Sankarpur is 758002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarpur covers 233 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sankarpur falls under Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Sankarpur is Kendujhargarh, about 2.1 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 Sankarpur.

Sankarpur is about 6.3 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarpur is in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kendujhargarh is about 2.1 km away. Kendujhar Sadar is about 6.3 km away. Kendujhar is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.