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About Sarkanda Village

Sarkanda is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 107 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,673 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarkanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarkanda village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249181
Area (hectares) 99.91 hectares
Population 286
Male Population 107
Female Population 179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,673
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarkanda compares

By the 2011 count Sarkanda is the 164th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 99.91 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Sarkanda

Sarkanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sarkanda as Available within <5 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 Sarkanda from other places

Sarkanda lies about 48 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Sarkanda
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 4.5 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 23 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 24 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 48 km

Villages closest to Sarkanda

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.

Common questions about Sarkanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarkanda village had a population of 286. That makes it the 164th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Sarkanda village has 107 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarkanda has about 1673 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Sarkanda covers 99.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarkanda is Kotdwara, about 24 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sarkanda.

Sarkanda is about 48 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarkanda is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 4.5 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Kotdwara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarans Gaon (under 2 km), Sarphul (under 2 km) and Sarun May Badiyar (under 2 km).

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

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