About Sonal Kot Village

Sonal Kot is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 590 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonal Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonal Kot village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	315.7 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	590
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonal Kot compares

By the 2011 count Sonal Kot is the 46th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 315.7 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Sonal Kot

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

Sonal Kot lies about 9.3 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 45 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 Sonal Kot
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	18 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	45 km

Villages closest to Sonal Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajauri 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 Sonal Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonal Kot village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 46th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Sonal Kot village has 590 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonal Kot has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Sonal Kot is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonal Kot covers 315.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonal Kot falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sonal Kot is Dugga, about 45 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 Sonal Kot.

Sonal Kot is about 9.3 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonal Kot is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 9.3 km away. Rajauri is about 18 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.