About Sawan Village

Sawan is a small village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 46 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	175001
Area (hectares)	23.96 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	46
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawan compares

By the 2011 count Sawan is the 331st largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 510 residents. Its 23.96 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1018.

Getting to Sawan

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

Sawan lies about 17 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 44 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 Sawan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	44 km

Villages closest to Sawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawan village had a population of 83. That makes it the 331st largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 510 residents.

Sawan village has 46 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawan has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Sawan is 175001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawan covers 23.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawan falls under Mandi tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sawan is Olinda, about 44 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 Sawan.

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

Sawan is in Mandi tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 8.8 km away. Mandi is about 17 km away. Olinda is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.