About Sohala Village

Sohala is a small village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 146 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sohala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sohala village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	261 hectares
Population	314
Male Population	146
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sohala compares

By the 2011 count Sohala is the 46th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 261 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1014.

Getting to Sohala

Sohala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sohala as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sohala from other places

Sohala lies about 30 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 76 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 Sohala
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	12 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	19 km
District headquarters	Punch	30 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	76 km

Villages closest to Sohala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sohala village had a population of 314. That makes it the 46th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Sohala village has 146 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sohala has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Sohala is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sohala covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sohala falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sohala is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 76 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sohala.

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

Sohala is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 12 km away. Rajaori is about 19 km away. Punch is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.