About Saundari Village

Saundari is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 128 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saundari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saundari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Puraula
Pincode	249185
Area (hectares)	49.04 hectares
Population	274
Male Population	128
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saundari compares

By the 2011 count Saundari is the 39th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 49.04 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Saundari

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

Saundari lies about 34 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 28 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 Saundari
Nearest town	Mussoorie	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Puraula	34 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	34 km

Villages closest to Saundari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saundari village had a population of 274. That makes it the 39th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Saundari village has 128 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saundari has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Saundari is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saundari covers 49.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saundari falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Saundari is Dehradun, about 28 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 Saundari.

Saundari 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.

Saundari is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mussoorie is about 18 km away. Dehradun is about 28 km away. Puraula is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.