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About Sema Village

Sema is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 30 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sema Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sema village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 45.63 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 30
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sema compares

By the 2011 count Sema is the 272nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 45.63 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Sema

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

Sema lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Sema
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 11 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 11 km
Nearest town Tehri 11 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 47 km

Villages closest to Sema

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.

Common questions about Sema

As per the Census of India 2011, Sema village had a population of 64. That makes it the 272nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Sema village has 30 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sema has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Sema is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sema covers 45.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sema is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Sema.

Sema is about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sema is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 11 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Tehri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhald Gaon (under 2 km), Bhaldi Gaon (under 2 km) and Diuli (1.7 km).

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

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