Sankarapuram is a census

town panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

Sivaganga district Sivaganga District is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in Tamil Nadu state, India. This district was formed on 15 March 1985 by trifurcation of Ramanathapuram district into Ramanathapuram district, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunaga ...

in the southern Indian state of

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. This census town is located in southwestern

Karaikudi Karaikudi is the largest city of Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, the 21st largest urban Agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area ...

on national highway NH536. Currently the town panchayat has 15 wards with two villages consisting of Sakkottai and Sankarapuram, administered by village officers. As of the 2011 census, Sankarapuram has a population of 26,536, of which 13,283 are males and 13,253 are females. Children aged 0-6 make up 10.48% of the population, at 2,781. The female sex ratio is 998, compared to the state average of 996. Moreover, the child sex ratio is 960, compared to the state average of 943. The literacy rate is 91.65%, which is higher than the state average of 80.09%. Male literacy is 95.02% while female literacy is 88.29%. It has total administration over 6,854 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. As announced by government of Tamil Nadu on March 15 2024, Sankarapuram is expected to be a part of

Karaikudi Municipal Corporation Karaikudi City Municipal Corporation is the civic body governing city of Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu state of India. It was the 22nd Municipality, Municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu, and was established on 15 March 2024. It is headed by the mayor, ...

. Due to the

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, Sankarapuram is planning to have a permanent primary health care centre.

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