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About Sohansi Village

Sohansi is a mid sized village in Paroo tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,470, made up of 800 males and 670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 978 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sohansi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sohansi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Muzaffarpur
Tehsil Paroo
Pincode 843120
Area (hectares) 978 hectares
Population 1,470
Male Population 800
Female Population 670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sohansi compares

By the 2011 count Sohansi is the 77th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,701 residents. Its 978 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Sohansi

The census records public bus service for Sohansi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sohansi from other places

Sohansi lies about 29 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Vaishali, about 1.8 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 Sohansi
Nearest railway station Vaishali 1.8 km
Nearest town Lālganj 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Paroo 29 km
District headquarters Muzaffarpur 29 km

Villages closest to Sohansi

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

Common questions about Sohansi

As per the Census of India 2011, Sohansi village had a population of 1,470. That makes it the 77th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,701 residents.

Sohansi village has 800 males and 670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sohansi has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Sohansi is 843120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sohansi covers 978 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sohansi falls under Paroo tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sohansi is Vaishali, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sohansi.

Sohansi is about 29 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sohansi is in Paroo tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Vaishali is about 1.8 km away. Lālganj is about 11 km away. Paroo is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bindi Urf Ibrahimpur (under 2 km), Manikpur (under 2 km) and Khijirpura (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sohansi today is likely to be higher.

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