About Sahun Village

Sahun is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 90 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177042
Area (hectares)	41.55 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	90
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahun compares

By the 2011 count Sahun is the 145th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 41.55 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Sahun

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

Sahun lies about 17 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 27 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 Sahun
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	3.3 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	27 km
Nearest town	Nangal	42 km

Villages closest to Sahun

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 Sahun

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahun village had a population of 181. That makes it the 145th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Sahun village has 90 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahun has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Sahun is 177042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahun covers 41.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sahun is Amb Andaura, about 27 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 Sahun.

Sahun is about 17 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahun is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 3.3 km away. Hamirpur is about 17 km away. Amb Andaura is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.