About Saund Village

Saund is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 264 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,307 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saund village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	111.94 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	264
Female Population	345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,307
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saund compares

By the 2011 count Saund is the 53rd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 111.94 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 Saund

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

Saund lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Saund
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	18 km
Nearest town	Tehri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	28 km

Villages closest to Saund

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 Saund

As per the Census of India 2011, Saund village had a population of 609. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Saund village has 264 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saund has about 1307 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Saund is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saund covers 111.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Saund is Rishikesh, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Saund.

Saund is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saund is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Rishikesh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.