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About Nagal Saketi Village

Nagal Saketi is a mid sized village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,262, made up of 699 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagal Saketi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagal Saketi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Nahan
Pincode 173001
Area (hectares) 316 hectares
Population 1,262
Male Population 699
Female Population 563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 805
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagal Saketi compares

By the 2011 count Nagal Saketi is the 9th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 941.

Getting to Nagal Saketi

Nagal Saketi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nagal Saketi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Nagal Saketi from other places

Nagal Saketi lies about 29 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barara, about 37 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 Nagal Saketi
Tehsil headquarters Nahan 8.9 km
Nearest town Nāhan 8.9 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 29 km
Nearest railway station Barara 37 km

Villages closest to Nagal Saketi

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

Common questions about Nagal Saketi

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagal Saketi village had a population of 1,262. That makes it the 9th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Nagal Saketi village has 699 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagal Saketi has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Nagal Saketi is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagal Saketi covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nagal Saketi falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nagal Saketi is Barara, about 37 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 <5 km distance for Nagal Saketi.

Nagal Saketi is about 29 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagal Saketi is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 8.9 km away. Nāhan is about 8.9 km away. Sirmaur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ogli (under 2 km), Johron (2.3 km) and Mogi Nand (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nagal Saketi today is likely to be higher.

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