About Sarai Village

Sarai is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 128 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177041
Area (hectares)	58.79 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	128
Female Population	127
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 Sarai compares

By the 2011 count Sarai is the 91st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 58.79 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Sarai

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

Sarai lies about 21 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 25 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 Sarai
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	under 2 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	25 km
Nearest town	Nangal	45 km

Villages closest to Sarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarai village had a population of 255. That makes it the 91st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Sarai village has 128 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarai has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Sarai is 177041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarai covers 58.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarai falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarai is Amb Andaura, about 25 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 Sarai.

Sarai is about 21 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarai is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about under 2 km away. Hamirpur is about 21 km away. Amb Andaura is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.