About Sangiot Village

Sangiot is a large village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,984, made up of 1,975 males and 2,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1407 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sangiot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sangiot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185121
Area (hectares)	1407 hectares
Population	3,984
Male Population	1,975
Female Population	2,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sangiot compares

By the 2011 count Sangiot is the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 1407 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Sangiot

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

Sangiot lies about 28 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 66 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 Sangiot
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	14 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	22 km
District headquarters	Punch	28 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	66 km

Villages closest to Sangiot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sangiot village had a population of 3,984. That makes it the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Sangiot village has 1,975 males and 2,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sangiot has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Sangiot is 185121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sangiot covers 1407 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sangiot falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sangiot is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 66 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 village for Sangiot.

Sangiot is about 28 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sangiot is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 14 km away. Rajaori is about 22 km away. Punch is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.