About Sankafal Village

Sankafal is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 29 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,241 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankafal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankafal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	15.53 hectares
Population	65
Male Population	29
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,241
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 Sankafal compares

By the 2011 count Sankafal is the 220th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 15.53 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Sankafal

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

Sankafal lies about 33 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 45 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 Sankafal
Nearest town	Almora	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	29 km
District headquarters	Champawat	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	45 km

Villages closest to Sankafal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankafal village had a population of 65. That makes it the 220th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Sankafal village has 29 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankafal has about 1241 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Sankafal is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankafal covers 15.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankafal falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankafal is Kathgodam, about 45 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 Sankafal.

Sankafal is about 33 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankafal is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Almora is about 20 km away. Lohaghat is about 29 km away. Champawat is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.