About Sainji Village

Sainji is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 283, made up of 148 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainji village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	248179
Area (hectares)	263.14 hectares
Population	283
Male Population	148
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sainji compares

By the 2011 count Sainji is the 90th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 263.14 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Sainji

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

Sainji lies about 46 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 21 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 Sainji
Nearest town	Mussoorie	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	24 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	46 km

Villages closest to Sainji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainji village had a population of 283. That makes it the 90th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Sainji village has 148 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainji has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Sainji is 248179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainji covers 263.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sainji falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sainji is Dehradun, about 21 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 Sainji.

Sainji is about 46 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainji is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 7.5 km away. Dehradun is about 21 km away. Dhanaulti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.