About Sangar Village

Sangar is a mid sized village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,472, made up of 776 males and 696 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6378.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sangar village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Fatehgarh
Pincode	345027
Area (hectares)	6378.6 hectares
Population	1,472
Male Population	776
Female Population	696
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sangar compares

By the 2011 count Sangar is the 14th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 6378.6 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 851.

Getting to Sangar

Sangar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sangar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sangar from other places

Sangar lies about 6.9 km from Fatehgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jaisalmer, about 49 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 Sangar
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehgarh	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jaisalmer	49 km

Villages closest to Sangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sangar village had a population of 1,472. That makes it the 14th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Sangar village has 776 males and 696 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sangar has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Sangar is 345027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sangar covers 6378.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sangar falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sangar is Jaisalmer, about 49 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sangar.

Sangar is about 6.9 km from Fatehgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sangar is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Fatehgarh is about 6.9 km away. Jaisalmer is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.