About Saknyari Village

Saknyari is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 92 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saknyari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saknyari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	36.52 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	92
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,163
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 Saknyari compares

By the 2011 count Saknyari is the 119th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 36.52 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Saknyari

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

Saknyari lies about 4.9 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 km away. 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 Saknyari
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	3.1 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	4.9 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	16 km

Villages closest to Saknyari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne 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 Saknyari

As per the Census of India 2011, Saknyari village had a population of 199. That makes it the 119th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Saknyari village has 92 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saknyari has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Saknyari is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saknyari covers 36.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saknyari falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saknyari is Kotdwara, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Saknyari.

Saknyari is about 4.9 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saknyari is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 3.1 km away. Garhwal is about 4.9 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.