About Sakand Village

Sakand is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 38 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakand village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	12.2 hectares
Population	68
Male Population	38
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakand compares

By the 2011 count Sakand is the 148th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 12.2 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Sakand

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

How far is Sakand from other places

Sakand lies about 26 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 81 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 Sakand
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	7.5 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	26 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	35 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	81 km

Villages closest to Sakand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakand village had a population of 68. That makes it the 148th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Sakand village has 38 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakand has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Sakand is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakand covers 12.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakand falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakand is Kotdwara, about 81 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sakand.

Sakand is about 26 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakand is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 7.5 km away. Chamoli is about 26 km away. Srīnagar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.