About Saur Village

Saur is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,483, made up of 790 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar II
Pincode	733208
Area (hectares)	140.42 hectares
Population	1,483
Male Population	790
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
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 75th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 140.42 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

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 7.6 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 13 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	Goalpokhar II	7.6 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	13 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	15 km

Villages closest to Saur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 1,483. That makes it the 75th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Saur village has 790 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saur has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Saur is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saur covers 140.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Saur falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Saur is Hatwar, about 13 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 7.6 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saur is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Goalpokhar II is about 7.6 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 7.6 km away. Hatwar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.