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About Sakkhanpur Village

Sakkhanpur is a small village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 450, made up of 238 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 244715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakkhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakkhanpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 244715
Area (hectares) 257.29 hectares
Population 450
Male Population 238
Female Population 212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakkhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sakkhanpur is the 58th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 678 residents. Its 257.29 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Sakkhanpur

The census records public bus service for Sakkhanpur as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakkhanpur from other places

Sakkhanpur lies about 12 km from Nainital. 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 Sakkhanpur
District headquarters Nainital 12 km
Nearest town Naini Tāl 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 19 km

Villages closest to Sakkhanpur

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

Common questions about Sakkhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakkhanpur village had a population of 450. That makes it the 58th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 678 residents.

Sakkhanpur village has 238 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakkhanpur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Sakkhanpur is 244715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakkhanpur covers 257.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakkhanpur falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Sakkhanpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sakkhanpur.

Sakkhanpur is about 12 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakkhanpur is in Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district. Nainital is about 12 km away. Naini Tāl is about 12 km away. Ramnagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawal Deh East (4.0 km), Sawal Deh West (4.0 km) and Devipura Muliya (6.0 km).

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

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