About Sankarei Village

Sankarei is a mid sized village in Nayakote tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 661, made up of 306 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1077 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarei Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarei village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Nayakote
Pincode	758018
Area (hectares)	1077 hectares
Population	661
Male Population	306
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,160
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankarei compares

By the 2011 count Sankarei is the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 1077 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Sankarei

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

Sankarei lies about 18 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Porjanpur, about 8.4 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 Sankarei
Nearest railway station	Porjanpur	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nayakote	18 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	18 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	18 km

Villages closest to Sankarei

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarei village had a population of 661. That makes it the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Sankarei village has 306 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarei has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Sankarei is 758018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarei covers 1077 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankarei falls under Nayakote tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Sankarei is Porjanpur, about 8.4 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 10+ km distance for Sankarei.

Sankarei is about 18 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarei is in Nayakote tehsil of Kendujhar district. Porjanpur is about 8.4 km away. Nayakote is about 18 km away. Kendujhar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.