About Sankiri Village

Sankiri is a mid sized village in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 994, made up of 491 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankiri village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Kendujhar Sadar
Pincode	758013
Area (hectares)	308 hectares
Population	994
Male Population	491
Female Population	503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankiri compares

By the 2011 count Sankiri is the 50th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 760 residents. Its 308 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Sankiri

Sankiri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sankiri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sankiri from other places

Sankiri lies about 11 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Kendujhargarh, about 7.6 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 Sankiri
Nearest railway station	Kendujhargarh	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kendujhar Sadar	11 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	11 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	11 km

Villages closest to Sankiri

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 Sankiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankiri village had a population of 994. That makes it the 50th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 760 residents.

Sankiri village has 491 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankiri has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Sankiri is 758013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankiri covers 308 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sankiri is Kendujhargarh, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sankiri.

Sankiri is about 11 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankiri is in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kendujhargarh is about 7.6 km away. Kendujhar Sadar is about 11 km away. Kendujhar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.