About Sar Village

Sar is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 165 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,291 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	352.25 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	165
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,291
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 Sar compares

By the 2011 count Sar is the 17th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 352.25 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Sar

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

Sar lies about 20 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Sar
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	10 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	20 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	24 km

Villages closest to Sar

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 Sar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sar village had a population of 378. That makes it the 17th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Sar village has 165 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sar has about 1291 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Sar covers 352.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sar falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sar is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Sar.

Sar is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sar is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 10 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.