About Sochal Pora Village

Sochal Pora is a small village in Khag tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 217 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.1 hectares hectares.

Sochal Pora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sochal Pora village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Khag
Area (hectares)	29.1 hectares
Population	434
Male Population	217
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sochal Pora compares

By the 2011 count Sochal Pora is the 38th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents. Its 29.1 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Sochal Pora

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

Sochal Pora lies about 22 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 6.6 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 Sochal Pora
Nearest railway station	Pattan	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khag	12 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	18 km
District headquarters	Badgam	22 km

Villages closest to Sochal Pora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khag 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 Sochal Pora

As per the Census of India 2011, Sochal Pora village had a population of 434. That makes it the 38th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,354 residents.

Sochal Pora village has 217 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sochal Pora has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Sochal Pora covers 29.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sochal Pora falls under Khag tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sochal Pora is Pattan, about 6.6 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 10+ km distance for Sochal Pora.

Sochal Pora is about 22 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sochal Pora is in Khag tehsil of Badgam district. Pattan is about 6.6 km away. Khag is about 12 km away. Soyībug is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.