# Shankar Nagar Village, Sarangpur, Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Sarangpur, Rajgarh 

# Shankar Nagar

Shankar Nagar is a village in Sarangpur sub-district of Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **366 people in 95 households**, the 123rd largest of 135 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 366people (2011)
- 95households
- 64.4%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Shankar Nagar PIN code and other codes

Shankar Nagar falls in Sarangpur sub-district, Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSarangpur
- Census village code480060

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Shankar Nagar from nearby towns?

- Sarangpur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Rajgarh (district HQ)42 km by road
- Sarangpur (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Shankar Nagar?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Shankar Nagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gulaota
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sarangpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pachore
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shankar Nagar known for?

About 89% of the 237 hectares of village land is sown, and 46 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Shankar Nagar

Of every 100 households in Shankar Nagar in 2011, 88 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankar Nagar · ■ Sarangpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**89%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****5%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**43%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shankar Nagar?

■ Shankar Nagar · ■ Sarangpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**939

Working population ****58.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 46.2% for women. 56% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 196 (92%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sarangpur

- Ghatakhedi439 people
- Bakhtyarpura437 people
- Kishanpura434 people
- Jhanihahedi382 people
- Birgadi360 people
- Patti359 people
- Sumriahedi333 people
- Sultaniya Khurd283 people

[All 138 villages in Sarangpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/rajgarh/sarangpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shankar Nagar from Rajgarh?42 km by road
- What is the population of Shankar Nagar?366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankar Nagar in?Rajgarh district (Sarangpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankar Nagar?64.4% (Census 2011)