About Sainth Village

Sainth is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,122, made up of 612 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainth village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	224.6 hectares
Population	1,122
Male Population	612
Female Population	510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sainth compares

By the 2011 count Sainth is the 70th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 224.6 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 947.

Getting to Sainth

Sainth is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sainth as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sainth from other places

Sainth lies about 33 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 35 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 Sainth
Nearest town	Akhnūr	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	33 km
District headquarters	Jammu	33 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	35 km

Villages closest to Sainth

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainth village had a population of 1,122. That makes it the 70th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Sainth village has 612 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainth has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Sainth is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainth covers 224.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sainth falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sainth is Jammu Tawi, about 35 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sainth.

Sainth is about 33 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainth is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 25 km away. Akhnoor is about 33 km away. Jammu is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.