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About Saur Village

Saur is a mid sized village in Mat tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,436, made up of 773 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.44 hectares hectares.

Saur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mathura
Tehsil Mat
Area (hectares) 328.44 hectares
Population 1,436
Male Population 773
Female Population 663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saur compares

By the 2011 count Saur is the 108th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents. Its 328.44 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Saur

Saur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saur from other places

Saur lies about 14 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 8.9 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 Saur
Nearest town Rāya 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Sonai 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mat 10 km
District headquarters Mathura 14 km

Villages closest to Saur

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

Common questions about Saur

As per the Census of India 2011, Saur village had a population of 1,436. That makes it the 108th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents.

Saur village has 773 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

Saur covers 328.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saur falls under Mat tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saur is Sonai, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Saur.

Saur is about 14 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saur is in Mat tehsil of Mathura district. Rāya is about 2.1 km away. Sonai is about 8.9 km away. Mat is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhudri (under 2 km), Kharwa (under 2 km) and Thana Amarsingh (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Saur today is likely to be higher.

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