About Sakar Village

Sakar is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 41 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	44.49 hectares
Population	88
Male Population	41
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,146
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 Sakar compares

By the 2011 count Sakar is the 198th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 44.49 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Sakar

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

Sakar lies about 38 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 36 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 Sakar
Nearest town	Almora	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	36 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	38 km

Villages closest to Sakar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakar village had a population of 88. That makes it the 198th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Sakar village has 41 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakar has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Sakar is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakar covers 44.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakar falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakar is Kathgodam, about 36 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 Sakar.

Sakar is about 38 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakar is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 26 km away. Gangolihat is about 30 km away. Kathgodam is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.