About Sakani Village

Sakani is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 326, made up of 172 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248165
Area (hectares)	224.12 hectares
Population	326
Male Population	172
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
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 Sakani compares

By the 2011 count Sakani is the 40th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 224.12 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Sakani

Sakani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakani 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 Sakani from other places

Sakani lies about 34 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 Sakani
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	6.2 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	25 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	34 km

Villages closest to Sakani

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 Sakani

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakani village had a population of 326. That makes it the 40th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Sakani village has 172 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakani has about 895 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 Sakani is 248165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakani covers 224.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakani falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Sakani 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 Sakani.

Sakani is about 34 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakani is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 6.2 km away. Mussoorie is about 25 km away. Dehradun is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.