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About Sohgaon Village

Sohgaon is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 220 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sohgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sohgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 497339
Area (hectares) 448.36 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 220
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sohgaon compares

By the 2011 count Sohgaon is the 118th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 448.36 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Sohgaon

Sohgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sohgaon 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sohgaon from other places

Sohgaon lies about 66 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 50 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 Sohgaon
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 50 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 66 km
Nearest town Garhchiroli 69 km

Villages closest to Sohgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sohgaon village had a population of 484. That makes it the 118th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Sohgaon village has 220 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sohgaon has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Sohgaon is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sohgaon covers 448.36 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.

Sohgaon falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sohgaon is Keoti, about 50 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sohgaon.

Sohgaon is about 66 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sohgaon is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 2.5 km away. Keoti is about 50 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anand Nagar (2.4 km), Satyanand Nagar (2.4 km) and Chhote Pakhanjur (2.5 km).

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

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