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About Shankadanga Village

Shankadanga is a mid sized village in Midnapore tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 288 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankadanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankadanga village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Midnapore
Pincode 721102
Area (hectares) 58.65 hectares
Population 576
Male Population 288
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Shankadanga compares

By the 2011 count Shankadanga is the 107th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 831 residents. Its 58.65 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Shankadanga

Shankadanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankadanga 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. The nearest villages by name are Rerapal, Rupsa, Sarengasol and Satgerya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Shankadanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankadanga village had a population of 576. That makes it the 107th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 831 residents.

Shankadanga village has 288 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankadanga has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Shankadanga is 721102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankadanga covers 58.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shankadanga falls under Midnapore tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Shankadanga notes the nearest railway station 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 Shankadanga.

Shankadanga is in Midnapore tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shankadanga today is likely to be higher.

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