About Sanat Village

Sanat is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 156 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171717, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171717
Area (hectares)	122.75 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	156
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanat compares

By the 2011 count Sanat is the 29th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 122.75 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Sanat

Sanat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sanat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sanat from other places

Sanat lies about 32 km from Shimla. 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 Sanat
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	32 km
District headquarters	Shimla	32 km

Villages closest to Sanat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanat village had a population of 298. That makes it the 29th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Sanat village has 156 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanat has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Sanat is 171717. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanat covers 122.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanat falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Sanat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sanat.

Sanat is about 32 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanat is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Cheta is about 32 km away. Shimla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.