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About Sanwar Village

Sanwar is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 111 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,351 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanwar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176084
Area (hectares) 70.55 hectares
Population 261
Male Population 111
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,351
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanwar compares

By the 2011 count Sanwar is the 31st largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 70.55 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Sanwar

Sanwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sanwar as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Sanwar from other places

Sanwar lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Sanwar
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 23 km
District headquarters Kangra 23 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Sanwar

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

Common questions about Sanwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanwar village had a population of 261. That makes it the 31st largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Sanwar village has 111 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanwar has about 1351 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Sanwar is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanwar covers 70.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanwar falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sanwar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sanwar.

Sanwar is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanwar is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 13 km away. Dhira is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darman (under 2 km), Bhatiara (under 2 km) and Marhun Mundhi (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sanwar today is likely to be higher.

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