About Sainj Village

Sainj is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 44 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,114 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainj village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	117.16 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	44
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,114
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sainj compares

By the 2011 count Sainj is the 134th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 117.16 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1206.

Getting to Sainj

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

Sainj lies about 8.1 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Sainj
District headquarters	Garhwal	8.1 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	24 km

Villages closest to Sainj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainj village had a population of 93. That makes it the 134th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Sainj village has 44 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainj has about 1114 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Sainj is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainj covers 117.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sainj falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sainj is Kotdwara, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sainj.

Sainj is about 8.1 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainj is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 8.1 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.