About Sankarbati Village

Sankarbati is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 740, made up of 383 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankarbati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankarbati village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733127
Area (hectares)	163.85 hectares
Population	740
Male Population	383
Female Population	357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankarbati compares

By the 2011 count Sankarbati is the 120th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 163.85 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Sankarbati

Sankarbati is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sankarbati as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sankarbati from other places

Sankarbati lies about 145 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Nalhati Junction, about 3.0 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 Sankarbati
Nearest town	Nalhāti	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Nalhati Junction	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	5.6 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	145 km

Villages closest to Sankarbati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankarbati village had a population of 740. That makes it the 120th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Sankarbati village has 383 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankarbati has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Sankarbati is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankarbati covers 163.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankarbati falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sankarbati is Nalhati Junction, about 3.0 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 village for Sankarbati.

Sankarbati is about 145 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankarbati is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Nalhāti is about 2.9 km away. Nalhati Junction is about 3.0 km away. Tapan is about 5.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.