About Sasan Village

Sasan is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 192 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176066, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sasan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176066
Area (hectares)	63.54 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	192
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sasan compares

By the 2011 count Sasan is the 33rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 63.54 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Sasan

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

Sasan lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 24 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 Sasan
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	44 km

Villages closest to Sasan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sasan village had a population of 396. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Sasan village has 192 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sasan has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Sasan is 176066. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sasan covers 63.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sasan falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sasan is Amb Andaura, about 24 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 Sasan.

Sasan is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sasan is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 8.8 km away. Amb Andaura is about 24 km away. Kangra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.