About Sanwata Village

Sanwata is a mid sized village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 364 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6269.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanwata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanwata village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Fatehgarh
Pincode	345001
Area (hectares)	6269.25 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	364
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanwata compares

By the 2011 count Sanwata is the 57th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 6269.25 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 851.

Getting to Sanwata

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

Sanwata lies about 46 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Jetha Chandan, about 33 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 Sanwata
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehgarh	29 km
Nearest railway station	Jetha Chandan	33 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	46 km

Villages closest to Sanwata

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 Sanwata

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanwata village had a population of 702. That makes it the 57th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Sanwata village has 364 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanwata has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Sanwata is 345001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanwata covers 6269.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sanwata falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sanwata is Jetha Chandan, about 33 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 Sanwata.

Sanwata is about 46 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanwata is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Fatehgarh is about 29 km away. Jetha Chandan is about 33 km away. Jaisalmer is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.