About Sainj Village

Sainj is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 143 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainj village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	165.53 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	143
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sainj compares

By the 2011 count Sainj is the 66th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 165.53 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Sainj

Sainj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sainj 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 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 38 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 Sainj
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	7.4 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	28 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	38 km

Villages closest to Sainj

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 Sainj

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainj village had a population of 286. That makes it the 66th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Sainj village has 143 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainj has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

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

Sainj covers 165.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sainj falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Sainj notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Sainj.

Sainj is about 38 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainj is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 7.4 km away. Mussoorie is about 28 km away. Dehradun is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.