About Sankar Village

Sankar is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 137 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246123
Area (hectares)	90.52 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	137
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,153
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankar compares

By the 2011 count Sankar is the 90th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 90.52 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 1259.

Getting to Sankar

Sankar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sankar from other places

Sankar lies about 48 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 59 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 Sankar
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	17 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	48 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	59 km

Villages closest to Sankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankar village had a population of 295. That makes it the 90th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Sankar village has 137 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankar has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Sankar is 246123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankar covers 90.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankar falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankar is Kotdwara, about 59 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sankar.

Sankar is about 48 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankar is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 17 km away. Garhwal is about 48 km away. Kotdwara is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.