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About Sakalana Village

Sakalana is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 40 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakalana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakalana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249105
Area (hectares) 250 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 40
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Sakalana compares

By the 2011 count Sakalana is the 201st largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 250 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Sakalana

Sakalana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakalana 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 Sakalana from other places

Sakalana lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Sakalana
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Tehri 18 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 19 km

Villages closest to Sakalana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakalana village had a population of 75. That makes it the 201st largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Sakalana village has 40 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakalana has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Sakalana is 249105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakalana covers 250 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakalana falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakalana is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Sakalana.

Sakalana 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.

Sakalana is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 15 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Berani Chhoti (under 2 km), Adwani (under 2 km) and Berani Bari (2.0 km).

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

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