About Saur Village

Saur is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 494, made up of 242 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, 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	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	210.84 hectares
Population	494
Male Population	242
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
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 24th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 210.84 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

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 78 km from Uttarkashi. 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	Mori	29 km
Nearest town	Shimla	56 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	78 km

Villages closest to Saur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mori 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 494. That makes it the 24th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Saur village has 242 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Saur is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saur covers 210.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saur falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Saur notes the nearest railway station 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 78 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 Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 29 km away. Shimla is about 56 km away. Uttarkashi is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.