About Sanwar Village

Sanwar is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 104 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Padhar
Pincode	175005
Area (hectares)	228.3 hectares
Population	194
Male Population	104
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanwar compares

By the 2011 count Sanwar is the 104th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 228.3 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Sanwar

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

Sanwar lies about 19 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Adit Junction, about 23 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 Sanwar
District headquarters	Mandi	19 km
Nearest railway station	Adit Junction	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padhar	26 km

Villages closest to Sanwar

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Sanwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanwar village had a population of 194. That makes it the 104th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Sanwar village has 104 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanwar has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Sanwar is 175005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanwar covers 228.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sanwar falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sanwar is Adit Junction, about 23 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 Sanwar.

Sanwar is about 19 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanwar is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 19 km away. Adit Junction is about 23 km away. Padhar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.