About Sojana Village

Sojana is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 57 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sojana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sojana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	89.88 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	57
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,158
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sojana compares

By the 2011 count Sojana is the 197th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 89.88 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 987.

Getting to Sojana

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

Sojana lies about 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 7.7 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 Sojana
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Sojana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Sojana

As per the Census of India 2011, Sojana village had a population of 123. That makes it the 197th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Sojana village has 57 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sojana has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Sojana is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sojana covers 89.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sojana falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sojana is Jutogh, about 7.7 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 Sojana.

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

Sojana is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 7.7 km away. Shimla Rural is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.