About Sankot Village

Sankot is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 694, made up of 346 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246444
Area (hectares)	198.02 hectares
Population	694
Male Population	346
Female Population	348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankot compares

By the 2011 count Sankot is the 24th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 198.02 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Sankot

Sankot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sankot as Available within 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 Sankot from other places

Sankot lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 91 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 Sankot
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	14 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	63 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	91 km

Villages closest to Sankot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankot village had a population of 694. That makes it the 24th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Sankot village has 346 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankot has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Sankot is 246444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankot covers 198.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankot falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankot is Ramnagar, about 91 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 10+ km distance for Sankot.

Sankot is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankot is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 14 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.