About Saskir Village

Saskir is a mid sized village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 532, made up of 292 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saskir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saskir village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171206
Area (hectares)	423 hectares
Population	532
Male Population	292
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saskir compares

By the 2011 count Saskir is the 14th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 423 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 971.

Getting to Saskir

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

Saskir lies about 63 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 Saskir
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	22 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	61 km
District headquarters	Shimla	63 km

Villages closest to Saskir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saskir village had a population of 532. That makes it the 14th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Saskir village has 292 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saskir has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Saskir is 171206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saskir covers 423 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saskir falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Saskir notes the nearest railway station 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 Saskir.

Saskir is about 63 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saskir is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 22 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 61 km away. Shimla is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.