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About Saund Village

Saund is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 154 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saund village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 263.05 hectares
Population 321
Male Population 154
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
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 Saund compares

By the 2011 count Saund is the 74th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 263.05 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Saund

Saund is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Saund 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. The nearest villages by name are Saneth, Sanogi, Sarada Hanumanti and Sarda Lagga Jogyana. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Saund

As per the Census of India 2011, Saund village had a population of 321. That makes it the 74th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Saund village has 154 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saund has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Saund is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saund covers 263.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saund falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Saund 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 Saund.

Saund is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Saund today is likely to be higher.

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