About Sankuld Village

Sankuld is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 22 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankuld Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankuld village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249123
Area (hectares)	42.36 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	22
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,545
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankuld compares

By the 2011 count Sankuld is the 108th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 42.36 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Sankuld

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

Sankuld lies about 9.6 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 32 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 Sankuld
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhnidhar	2.7 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	9.6 km
Nearest town	Tehri	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	32 km

Villages closest to Sankuld

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankuld village had a population of 56. That makes it the 108th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Sankuld village has 22 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankuld has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Sankuld is 249123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankuld covers 42.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankuld falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sankuld is Rishikesh, about 32 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 Sankuld.

Sankuld is about 9.6 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankuld is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 2.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 9.6 km away. Tehri is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.