About Sainj Village

Sainj is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 80 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainj village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246455
Area (hectares)	54.87 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	80
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
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 Sainj compares

By the 2011 count Sainj is the 173rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 54.87 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Sainj

Sainj is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sainj 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 Sainj from other places

Sainj lies about 21 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 94 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 Sainj
District headquarters	Chamoli	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	24 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	94 km

Villages closest to Sainj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainj village had a population of 163. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Sainj village has 80 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainj has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Sainj is 246455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainj covers 54.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sainj falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sainj is Ramnagar, about 94 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 Sainj.

Sainj is about 21 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainj is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 21 km away. Tharali is about 24 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.