About Sainj Village

Sainj is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 101 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, 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	Kalsi
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	110.43 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	101
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
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 87th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 110.43 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 948.

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 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	Kalsi	11 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 Kalsi 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 187. That makes it the 87th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Sainj village has 101 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainj has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Sainj is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainj covers 110.43 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 Kalsi 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 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 Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 11 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.