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Uttarakhand CM orders Chamoli village road completion in 3 months
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- LGD code
- 41943
- Pincode
- 246428
- Post office
- Gairsain
- Population
- 385
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 69.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1163 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 226
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 94 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 235 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 56 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Chipalghat · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sainji compares
By population, Sainji ranks #37 of 165 villages in Gairsain mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.9%
+3.1% vs mandal average
Sainji69.9%
Gairsain mandal66.8%
Chamoli district71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,163
−17 vs mandal average
Sainji1,163
Gairsain mandal1,180
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
Sainji4.4
Gairsain mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sainji at a glance
Sainji is a village of 385 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Gairsain tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 37th-largest of 165 villages in Gairsain tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,163 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Chamoli district centre, 16 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 56 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246428, served by Gairsain post office; the LGD village code is 41943. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 6 km away. The population is estimated at 454 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Sainji
- LGD code
- 41943
- Pincode
- 246428
- Post office
- Gairsain
- Population (Census 2011)
- 385
- Population (projected 2026)
- 454
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1163
- Literacy rate
- 69.9%
- Coordinates
- 30.07006°N, 78.96812°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karnprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Block / Mandal
- Gairsain
Getting there
How to reach Sainji
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun94 kmcapital
- Delhi235 km
- Kolkata1253 km
- Mumbai1368 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara56 km
- Bus stopRatkot19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Chipalghat6 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM25 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum22 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry3 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station24 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Sainji
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- 🎓Uttarakhand University of Horticulture & ForestryCollege3.3 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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