About Sobar Village

Sobar is a large village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,109, made up of 1,098 males and 1,011 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 796 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sobar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sobar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bashohli
Pincode	184202
Area (hectares)	796 hectares
Population	2,109
Male Population	1,098
Female Population	1,011
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sobar compares

By the 2011 count Sobar is the 12th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 796 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Sobar

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

Sobar lies about 33 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 19 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 Sobar
Tehsil headquarters	Bashohli	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	19 km
Nearest town	Mamun	24 km
District headquarters	Kathua	33 km

Villages closest to Sobar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sobar village had a population of 2,109. That makes it the 12th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Sobar village has 1,098 males and 1,011 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sobar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Sobar is 184202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sobar covers 796 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sobar falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sobar is Nurpur Road, about 19 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 Sobar.

Sobar is about 33 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sobar is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Bashohli is about 7.0 km away. Nurpur Road is about 19 km away. Mamun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.