About Soba Village

Soba is a mid sized village in Haidernagar tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 671 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Haidernagar
Pincode	822115
Area (hectares)	464.33 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	671
Female Population	555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	827
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 Soba compares

By the 2011 count Soba is the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,470 residents. Its 464.33 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Soba

Soba is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Soba 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 Soba from other places

Soba lies about 35 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bandhdih, about 7.1 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 Soba
Nearest town	Chas	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Bandhdih	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haidernagar	35 km
District headquarters	Palamu	35 km

Villages closest to Soba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soba village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 25th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,470 residents.

Soba village has 671 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soba has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Soba is 822115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soba covers 464.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soba falls under Haidernagar tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Soba is Bandhdih, about 7.1 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 Soba.

Soba is about 35 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soba is in Haidernagar tehsil of Palamu district. Chas is about 5.2 km away. Bandhdih is about 7.1 km away. Haidernagar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.