About Sankre Village

Sankre is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 242 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankre village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	88.32 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	242
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Sankre compares

By the 2011 count Sankre is the 44th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 88.32 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 1228.

Getting to Sankre

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

Sankre lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 36 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 Sankre
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	13 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Tehri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	36 km

Villages closest to Sankre

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankre village had a population of 486. That makes it the 44th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Sankre village has 242 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankre has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Sankre is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankre covers 88.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankre falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankre is Harrawala, about 36 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 Sankre.

Sankre is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankre is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 13 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.