About Sira Village

Sira is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 163 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sira village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	127.28 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	163
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sira compares

By the 2011 count Sira is the 56th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 127.28 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Sira

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

Sira lies about 30 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 56 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 Sira
Nearest town	Tehri	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	30 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	30 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	56 km

Villages closest to Sira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sira village had a population of 315. That makes it the 56th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Sira village has 163 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sira has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Sira is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sira covers 127.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sira falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sira is Rishikesh, about 56 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 Sira.

Sira is about 30 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sira is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Tehri is about 19 km away. Chiniyalisaur is about 30 km away. Uttarkashi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.