About Soriya Village

Soriya is a small village in Darlaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 87 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soriya village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Darlaghat
Pincode	171102
Area (hectares)	63.65 hectares
Population	180
Male Population	87
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Soriya compares

By the 2011 count Soriya is the 61st largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 194 residents. Its 63.65 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Soriya

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

Soriya lies about 18 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Taradevi, about 9.4 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 Soriya
Nearest railway station	Taradevi	9.4 km
Nearest town	Shimla	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darlaghat	18 km
District headquarters	Solan	18 km

Villages closest to Soriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soriya village had a population of 180. That makes it the 61st largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 194 residents.

Soriya village has 87 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soriya has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Soriya is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soriya covers 63.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soriya falls under Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Soriya is Taradevi, about 9.4 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 Soriya.

Soriya is about 18 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soriya is in Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district. Taradevi is about 9.4 km away. Shimla is about 9.5 km away. Darlaghat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.