About Saur Village

Saur is a mid sized village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 725 males and 735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249130
Area (hectares)	223.85 hectares
Population	1,460
Male Population	725
Female Population	735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saur compares

By the 2011 count Saur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 223.85 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Saur

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

Saur lies about 5.1 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 41 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 Saur
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	5.1 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	41 km

Villages closest to Saur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saur village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Saur village has 725 males and 735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Saur is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saur covers 223.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Saur falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saur is Rishikesh, about 41 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 village for Saur.

Saur is about 5.1 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saur is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 5.1 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 5.1 km away. Rishikesh is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.