About Saur Village

Saur is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 251 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249165
Area (hectares)	48.33 hectares
Population	481
Male Population	251
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
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 44th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 48.33 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

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 34 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 27 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	Dunda	3.7 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	27 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	34 km

Villages closest to Saur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dunda 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 481. That makes it the 44th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Saur village has 251 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Saur is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saur covers 48.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Saur falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saur is Dehradun, about 27 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 34 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saur is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Dunda is about 3.7 km away. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Dehradun is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.