About Sosai Village

Sosai is a mid sized village in Burmu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,589, made up of 820 males and 769 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sosai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sosai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Burmu
Pincode	835214
Area (hectares)	370.25 hectares
Population	1,589
Male Population	820
Female Population	769
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Sosai compares

By the 2011 count Sosai is the 20th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 370.25 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Sosai

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

Sosai lies about 32 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Kole, about 10 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 Sosai
Tehsil headquarters	Burmu	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kole	10 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	16 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	32 km

Villages closest to Sosai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sosai village had a population of 1,589. That makes it the 20th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Sosai village has 820 males and 769 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sosai has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Sosai is 835214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sosai covers 370.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sosai falls under Burmu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sosai is Kole, about 10 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 Sosai.

Sosai is about 32 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sosai is in Burmu tehsil of Ranchi district. Burmu is about 4.6 km away. Kole is about 10 km away. Patrātu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.