About Sakani Village

Sakani is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 80 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,238 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249192
Area (hectares)	232.32 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	80
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,238
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakani compares

By the 2011 count Sakani is the 165th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 232.32 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Sakani

Sakani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sakani from other places

Sakani lies about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 53 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 Sakani
Nearest town	Srīnagar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	24 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	53 km

Villages closest to Sakani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakani village had a population of 179. That makes it the 165th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Sakani village has 80 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakani has about 1238 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Sakani is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakani covers 232.32 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.

Sakani falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakani is Rishikesh, about 53 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sakani.

Sakani is about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakani is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 20 km away. Devprayag is about 24 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.