About Sonchal Village

Sonchal is a small village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 196 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonchal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	161.5 hectares
Population	372
Male Population	196
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonchal compares

By the 2011 count Sonchal is the 53rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 161.5 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Sonchal

Sonchal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonchal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sonchal from other places

Sonchal lies about 12 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 46 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 Sonchal
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	7.0 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	12 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	46 km

Villages closest to Sonchal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonchal village had a population of 372. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Sonchal village has 196 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonchal has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Sonchal is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonchal covers 161.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonchal falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sonchal is Dugga, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonchal.

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

Sonchal is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 7.0 km away. Rajouri is about 12 km away. Rajaori is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.