About Saur Kalan Village

Saur Kalan is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 114 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saur Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	114
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Saur Kalan is the 56th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Saur Kalan

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

Saur Kalan lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Saur Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km

Villages closest to Saur Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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 Saur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Saur Kalan village had a population of 242. That makes it the 56th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Saur Kalan village has 114 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur Kalan has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Saur Kalan is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saur Kalan covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saur Kalan falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saur Kalan is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Saur Kalan.

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

Saur Kalan is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 6.4 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.