About Saoni Village

Saoni is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,639, made up of 808 males and 831 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saoni village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	533.25 hectares
Population	1,639
Male Population	808
Female Population	831
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saoni compares

By the 2011 count Saoni is the 45th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 533.25 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Saoni

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

Saoni lies about 43 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kendri, about 5.9 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 Saoni
Nearest railway station	Kendri	5.9 km
Nearest town	Raipur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	18 km
District headquarters	Durg	43 km

Villages closest to Saoni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saoni village had a population of 1,639. That makes it the 45th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Saoni village has 808 males and 831 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saoni has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Saoni is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saoni covers 533.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saoni falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saoni is Kendri, about 5.9 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 Saoni.

Saoni is about 43 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saoni is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Kendri is about 5.9 km away. Raipur is about 15 km away. Patan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.