About Shankar Garhi Village

Shankar Garhi is a mid sized village in Mat tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 783 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.75 hectares hectares.

Shankar Garhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankar Garhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Mat
Area (hectares)	219.75 hectares
Population	1,427
Male Population	783
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
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 Shankar Garhi compares

By the 2011 count Shankar Garhi is the 110th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents. Its 219.75 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Shankar Garhi

Shankar Garhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankar Garhi 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 Shankar Garhi from other places

Shankar Garhi lies about 46 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Danwar, 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 Shankar Garhi
Nearest town	Khair	14 km
Nearest railway station	Danwar	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mat	31 km
District headquarters	Mathura	46 km

Villages closest to Shankar Garhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mat 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 Shankar Garhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankar Garhi village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 110th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents.

Shankar Garhi village has 783 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankar Garhi has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

Shankar Garhi covers 219.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shankar Garhi falls under Mat tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shankar Garhi is Danwar, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shankar Garhi.

Shankar Garhi is about 46 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankar Garhi is in Mat tehsil of Mathura district. Khair is about 14 km away. Danwar is about 29 km away. Mat is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.