About Soori Village

Soori is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 160 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soori village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	232.89 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	160
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Soori compares

By the 2011 count Soori is the 75th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 232.89 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Soori

Soori is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Soori as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Soori from other places

Soori lies about 20 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Soori
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	20 km
District headquarters	Chamba	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	22 km

Villages closest to Soori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soori village had a population of 304. That makes it the 75th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Soori village has 160 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soori has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Soori is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soori covers 232.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Soori falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Soori is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Soori.

Soori is about 20 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soori is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 20 km away. Chamba is about 20 km away. Nurpur Road is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.