About Sainj Village

Sainj is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 26 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainj village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171301
Area (hectares)	48.34 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	26
Female Population	26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sainj compares

By the 2011 count Sainj is the 158th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 48.34 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Sainj

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

Sainj lies about 12 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 Sainj
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	19 km

Villages closest to Sainj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainj village had a population of 52. That makes it the 158th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Sainj village has 26 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainj has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Sainj is 171301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainj covers 48.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sainj falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Sainj 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 Sainj.

Sainj is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainj is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 12 km away. Seoni is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.