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About Sinjal Village

Sinjal is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 175 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,251 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sinjal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sinjal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 141.66 hectares
Population 394
Male Population 175
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,251
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sinjal compares

By the 2011 count Sinjal is the 55th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 141.66 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Sinjal

Sinjal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sinjal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sinjal from other places

Sinjal lies about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 30 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 Sinjal
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 9.0 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 19 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 25 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 30 km

Villages closest to Sinjal

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 Sinjal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sinjal village had a population of 394. That makes it the 55th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Sinjal village has 175 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sinjal has about 1251 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Sinjal is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sinjal covers 141.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sinjal is Dehradun, about 30 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 village for Sinjal.

Sinjal is about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sinjal is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 9.0 km away. Mussoorie is about 19 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhal (under 2 km), Sabali (under 2 km) and Agenda (under 2 km).

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

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