About Sarph Village

Sarph is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 141 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarph Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarph village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	71.15 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	141
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarph compares

By the 2011 count Sarph is the 62nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 71.15 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Sarph

Sarph is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sarph as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sarph from other places

Sarph lies about 22 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 43 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 Sarph
Nearest town	Tehri	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	22 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	43 km

Villages closest to Sarph

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 Sarph

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarph village had a population of 295. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Sarph village has 141 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarph has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Sarph is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarph covers 71.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarph falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sarph is Harrawala, about 43 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sarph.

Sarph is about 22 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarph is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Tehri is about 18 km away. Chiniyalisaur is about 22 km away. Uttarkashi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.