About Sanawara Village

Sanawara is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,947, made up of 1,075 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8552.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanawara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanawara village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345026
Area (hectares)	8552.04 hectares
Population	1,947
Male Population	1,075
Female Population	872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanawara compares

By the 2011 count Sanawara is the 28th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 8552.04 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, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Sanawara

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

Sanawara lies about 67 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about 20 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 Sanawara
Nearest railway station	Odhaniya Chacha	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	34 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	67 km

Villages closest to Sanawara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanawara village had a population of 1,947. That makes it the 28th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Sanawara village has 1,075 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanawara has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Sanawara is 345026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sanawara covers 8552.04 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.

Sanawara falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sanawara is Odhaniya Chacha, about 20 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 Sanawara.

Sanawara is about 67 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanawara is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about 20 km away. Pokaran is about 34 km away. Jaisalmer is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.