About Sakar Village

Sakar is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 15 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 733 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175140
Area (hectares)	11.32 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	15
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	733
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakar compares

By the 2011 count Sakar is the 88th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 11.32 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Sakar

Sakar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sakar from other places

Sakar lies about 106 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 29 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 Sakar
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	29 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	46 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	106 km

Villages closest to Sakar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakar village had a population of 26. That makes it the 88th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Sakar village has 15 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakar has about 733 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Sakar is 175140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakar covers 11.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakar falls under Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Sakar.

Sakar is about 106 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakar is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Lahul is about 8.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 29 km away. Dharamsala is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.