About Sainj Village

Sainj is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 29 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,207 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sainj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sainj village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249181
Area (hectares)	38.7 hectares
Population	64
Male Population	29
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,207
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sainj compares

By the 2011 count Sainj is the 257th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 38.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Sainj

Sainj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sainj as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sainj from other places

Sainj lies about 58 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Sainj
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	13 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	18 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	58 km

Villages closest to Sainj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sainj village had a population of 64. That makes it the 257th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Sainj village has 29 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sainj has about 1207 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Sainj is 249181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sainj covers 38.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sainj falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sainj is Kotdwara, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sainj.

Sainj is about 58 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sainj is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.