About Sornu Village

Sornu is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 153 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sornu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sornu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	58.64 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	153
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sornu compares

By the 2011 count Sornu is the 205th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 58.64 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Sornu

Sornu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sornu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sornu from other places

Sornu lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about 5.2 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 Sornu
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	2.3 km
Nearest railway station	Patti Rajpura	5.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km

Villages closest to Sornu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sornu village had a population of 315. That makes it the 205th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Sornu village has 153 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sornu has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Sornu is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sornu covers 58.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sornu falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sornu is Patti Rajpura, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sornu.

Sornu is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sornu is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur is about 2.3 km away. Patti Rajpura is about 5.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.