About Saun Gaon Village

Saun Gaon is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 20 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saun Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saun Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	14.84 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	20
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	700
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 Saun Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Saun Gaon is the 260th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 14.84 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Saun Gaon

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

Saun Gaon lies about 19 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 76 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 Saun Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	17 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	19 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	76 km

Villages closest to Saun Gaon

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 Saun Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Saun Gaon village had a population of 34. That makes it the 260th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Saun Gaon village has 20 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saun Gaon has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Saun Gaon covers 14.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saun Gaon falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saun Gaon is Tanakpur, about 76 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 Saun Gaon.

Saun Gaon is about 19 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saun Gaon is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 17 km away. Pithoragarh is about 19 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.