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About Sanawar Village

Sanawar is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 382, made up of 198 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanawar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 83.89 hectares
Population 382
Male Population 198
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sanawar compares

By the 2011 count Sanawar is the 27th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 83.89 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Sanawar

Sanawar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sanawar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sanawar from other places

Sanawar lies about 11 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about under 2 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 Sanawar
Nearest railway station Sonwara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 2.7 km
Nearest town Kālka 7.9 km
District headquarters Solan 11 km

Villages closest to Sanawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanawar village had a population of 382. That makes it the 27th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Sanawar village has 198 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanawar has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Sanawar is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanawar covers 83.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanawar falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sanawar is Sonwara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sanawar.

Sanawar is about 11 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanawar is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Sonwara is about under 2 km away. Kasauli is about 2.7 km away. Kālka is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gahi (under 2 km), Mangoti (under 2 km) and Sanwara (under 2 km).

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

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