About Sandwan Village

Sandwan is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 326, made up of 163 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.7 hectares hectares.

Sandwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Area (hectares)	133.7 hectares
Population	326
Male Population	163
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandwan compares

By the 2011 count Sandwan is the 61st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 133.7 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Sandwan

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

Sandwan lies about 30 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 17 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 Sandwan
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	11 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	17 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	30 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	36 km

Villages closest to Sandwan

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 Sandwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandwan village had a population of 326. That makes it the 61st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Sandwan village has 163 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

Sandwan covers 133.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sandwan is Amb Andaura, about 17 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 Sandwan.

Sandwan is about 30 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandwan is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 11 km away. Amb Andaura is about 17 km away. Hamirpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.