About Saren Village

Saren is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 120 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saren Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saren village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176308
Area (hectares)	125.91 hectares
Population	239
Male Population	120
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saren compares

By the 2011 count Saren is the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 125.91 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Saren

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

Saren lies about 24 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 61 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 Saren
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	20 km
District headquarters	Chamba	24 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	61 km

Villages closest to Saren

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saren village had a population of 239. That makes it the 49th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Saren village has 120 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saren has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Saren is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saren covers 125.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saren falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saren is Nurpur Road, about 61 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 Saren.

Saren is about 24 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saren is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 20 km away. Chamba is about 24 km away. Nurpur Road is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.