About Sail Village

Sail is a small village in Nohra tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 195 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sail village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nohra
Pincode	173023
Area (hectares)	495.04 hectares
Population	409
Male Population	195
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sail compares

By the 2011 count Sail is the 21st largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 490 residents. Its 495.04 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Sail

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

Sail lies about 77 km from Sirmaur. 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 Sail
Tehsil headquarters	Nohra	2.9 km
Nearest town	Shimla	33 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	77 km

Villages closest to Sail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sail village had a population of 409. That makes it the 21st largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 490 residents.

Sail village has 195 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sail has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Sail is 173023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sail covers 495.04 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.

Sail falls under Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Sail 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 Sail.

Sail is about 77 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sail is in Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nohra is about 2.9 km away. Shimla is about 33 km away. Sirmaur is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.