About Sagnam Village

Sagnam is a small village in Spiti tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 211 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sagnam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sagnam village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172117
Area (hectares)	126.16 hectares
Population	432
Male Population	211
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sagnam compares

By the 2011 count Sagnam is the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 126.16 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Sagnam

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

Sagnam lies about 112 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 115 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 Sagnam
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	15 km
Nearest town	Mandi	112 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	112 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	115 km

Villages closest to Sagnam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sagnam village had a population of 432. That makes it the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Sagnam village has 211 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sagnam has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Sagnam is 172117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sagnam covers 126.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sagnam is Zero Point, about 115 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 Sagnam.

Sagnam is about 112 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.

Sagnam is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 15 km away. Mandi is about 112 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 112 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.