About Sanda Village

Sanda is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 170 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanda village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	176502
Area (hectares)	205 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	170
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanda compares

By the 2011 count Sanda is the 44th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Sanda

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

Sanda lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 9.3 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 Sanda
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	9.3 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	31 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km

Villages closest to Sanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanda village had a population of 318. That makes it the 44th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Sanda village has 170 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanda has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Sanda is 176502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanda covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sanda falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sanda is Kartoli Punjab, about 9.3 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 Sanda.

Sanda is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanda is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Kartoli Punjab is about 9.3 km away. Talwāra is about 9.9 km away. Jaswan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.