About Sankhi Village

Sankhi is a mid sized village in Chhata tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,799, made up of 962 males and 837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 674.61 hectares hectares.

Sankhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Chhata
Area (hectares)	674.61 hectares
Population	1,799
Male Population	962
Female Population	837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sankhi compares

By the 2011 count Sankhi is the 86th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents. Its 674.61 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Sankhi

Sankhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankhi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sankhi from other places

Sankhi lies about 24 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Chata, about 6.4 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 Sankhi
Nearest railway station	Chata	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhata	7.8 km
Nearest town	Chhāta	7.8 km
District headquarters	Mathura	24 km

Villages closest to Sankhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankhi village had a population of 1,799. That makes it the 86th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents.

Sankhi village has 962 males and 837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankhi has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Sankhi covers 674.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankhi falls under Chhata tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankhi is Chata, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sankhi.

Sankhi is about 24 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankhi is in Chhata tehsil of Mathura district. Chata is about 6.4 km away. Chhata is about 7.8 km away. Chhāta is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.