About Sawai Village

Sawai is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 174 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	375.75 hectares
Population	335
Male Population	174
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Sawai compares

By the 2011 count Sawai is the 38th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 375.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Sawai

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

Sawai 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 Sawai
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	12 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	22 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	34 km

Villages closest to Sawai

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 Sawai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawai village had a population of 335. That makes it the 38th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Sawai village has 174 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawai has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Sawai is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawai covers 375.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sawai falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Sawai 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 Sawai.

Sawai 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.

Sawai is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 12 km away. Mussoorie is about 22 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.