About Sodhar Village

Sodhar is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,903, made up of 941 males and 962 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sodhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sodhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	397.6 hectares
Population	1,903
Male Population	941
Female Population	962
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sodhar compares

By the 2011 count Sodhar is the 16th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 397.6 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Sodhar

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

Sodhar lies about 39 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Ghutku, about 33 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 Sodhar
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Ghutku	33 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	39 km

Villages closest to Sodhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sodhar village had a population of 1,903. That makes it the 16th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Sodhar village has 941 males and 962 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sodhar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Sodhar is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sodhar covers 397.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sodhar falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sodhar is Ghutku, about 33 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Sodhar.

Sodhar is about 39 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sodhar is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 9.8 km away. Ghutku is about 33 km away. Bilaspur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.