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About Saindul Village

Saindul is a mid sized village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 302 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saindul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saindul village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 651.23 hectares
Population 625
Male Population 302
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,070
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 Saindul compares

By the 2011 count Saindul is the 23rd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 651.23 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Saindul

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

Saindul lies about 6.9 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 32 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 Saindul
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 6.9 km
Nearest town Tehri 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 27 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 32 km

Villages closest to Saindul

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.

Common questions about Saindul

As per the Census of India 2011, Saindul village had a population of 625. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Saindul village has 302 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saindul has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Saindul is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saindul covers 651.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Saindul is Rishikesh, about 32 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 Saindul.

Saindul is about 6.9 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saindul is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 6.9 km away. Tehri is about 6.9 km away. Dhanaulti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tingari (6.2 km), Bangar (6.9 km) and Tehri Range (6.9 km).

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

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