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About Sahajkot Village

Sahajkot is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 39 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,744 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahajkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahajkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Gairsain
Pincode 246431
Area (hectares) 33.52 hectares
Population 107
Male Population 39
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,744
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahajkot compares

By the 2011 count Sahajkot is the 159th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 33.52 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Sahajkot

Sahajkot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sahajkot as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sahajkot from other places

Sahajkot lies about 20 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 96 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 Sahajkot
District headquarters Chamoli 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Gairsain 20 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 54 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 96 km

Villages closest to Sahajkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahajkot village had a population of 107. That makes it the 159th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Sahajkot village has 39 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahajkot has about 1744 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Sahajkot is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahajkot covers 33.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahajkot falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sahajkot is Ramnagar, about 96 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 10+ km distance for Sahajkot.

Sahajkot is about 20 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahajkot is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 20 km away. Gairsain is about 20 km away. Srīnagar is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhasiya Kot (under 2 km), Dugara Laga Sahankot (under 2 km) and Hulan Kot Walla (under 2 km).

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

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