About Saur Village

Saur is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 54 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	249301
Area (hectares)	99.72 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	54
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saur compares

By the 2011 count Saur is the 284th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 99.72 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 1259.

Getting to Saur

Saur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Saur from other places

Saur lies about 50 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 27 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 Saur
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	27 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	50 km

Villages closest to Saur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saur village had a population of 117. That makes it the 284th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Saur village has 54 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Saur is 249301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saur covers 99.72 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.

Saur falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saur is Rishikesh, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Saur.

Saur is about 50 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saur is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Tehri is about 16 km away. Rishikesh is about 27 km away. Pauri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.