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About Sohanpur Village

Sohanpur is a mid sized village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 300 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sohanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sohanpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Udaipur
Pincode 495335
Area (hectares) 526.9 hectares
Population 588
Male Population 300
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sohanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sohanpur is the 128th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 526.9 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Sohanpur

Sohanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sohanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Sohanpur from other places

Sohanpur lies about 121 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 29 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 Sohanpur
Tehsil headquarters Udaipur 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Ambikapur 29 km
Nearest town Ambikāpur 30 km
District headquarters Raigarh 121 km

Villages closest to Sohanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sohanpur village had a population of 588. That makes it the 128th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Sohanpur village has 300 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sohanpur has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Sohanpur is 495335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sohanpur covers 526.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sohanpur falls under Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sohanpur is Ambikapur, about 29 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 <5 km distance for Sohanpur.

Sohanpur is about 121 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sohanpur is in Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district. Udaipur is about 5.2 km away. Ambikapur is about 29 km away. Ambikāpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Supkalo (1.8 km), Chainpur (7.7 km) and Tendumudi (9.1 km).

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

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