About Saher Village

Saher is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,520, made up of 796 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saher village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	467.8 hectares
Population	1,520
Male Population	796
Female Population	724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saher compares

By the 2011 count Saher is the 12th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 467.8 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Saher

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

Saher lies about 9.2 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 46 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 Saher
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	10 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	46 km

Villages closest to Saher

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saher village had a population of 1,520. That makes it the 12th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Saher village has 796 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saher has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Saher is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saher covers 467.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saher falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Saher is Dugga, about 46 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 Saher.

Saher is about 9.2 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saher is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 9.2 km away. Kalakote is about 10 km away. Rajaori is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.