About Sahiya Village

Sahiya is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 129 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 527 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	268.34 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	129
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	527
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 Sahiya compares

By the 2011 count Sahiya is the 89th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 268.34 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 953.

Getting to Sahiya

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

Sahiya lies about 36 km from Dehradun. 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 Sahiya
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	9.9 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	26 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	36 km

Villages closest to Sahiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahiya village had a population of 197. That makes it the 89th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Sahiya village has 129 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahiya has about 527 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Sahiya is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahiya covers 268.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sahiya falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Sahiya notes the nearest railway station 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 Sahiya.

Sahiya is about 36 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahiya is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 9.9 km away. Mussoorie is about 26 km away. Dehradun is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.