About Saura Village

Saura is a mid sized village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 250 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249194, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249194
Area (hectares)	134.38 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	250
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
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 Saura compares

By the 2011 count Saura is the 40th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 134.38 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Saura

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

Saura lies about 16 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 75 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 Saura
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	4.3 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	16 km
Nearest town	Tehri	44 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	75 km

Villages closest to Saura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saura village had a population of 512. That makes it the 40th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Saura village has 250 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saura has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Saura is 249194. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saura covers 134.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saura falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saura is Dehradun, about 75 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 Saura.

Saura is about 16 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saura is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Bhatwari is about 4.3 km away. Uttarkashi is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.