About Sohar Village

Sohar is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 28 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sohar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sohar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	101.11 hectares
Population	58
Male Population	28
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sohar compares

By the 2011 count Sohar is the 112th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 101.11 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1025.

Getting to Sohar

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

Sohar lies about 12 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 51 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 Sohar
District headquarters	Chamba	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	22 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	51 km

Villages closest to Sohar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sohar village had a population of 58. That makes it the 112th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Sohar village has 28 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sohar has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Sohar is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sohar covers 101.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sohar falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sohar is Nurpur Road, about 51 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sohar.

Sohar is about 12 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sohar is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 12 km away. Dalhousie is about 22 km away. Nurpur Road is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.