About Sowanpur Village

Sowanpur is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 211 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sowanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sowanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Saraikela
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	35.38 hectares
Population	426
Male Population	211
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sowanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sowanpur is the 70th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 35.38 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Sowanpur

Sowanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sowanpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sowanpur from other places

Sowanpur lies about 5.6 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about under 2 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 Sowanpur
Nearest railway station	Sini Junction	under 2 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraikela	10 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	19 km

Villages closest to Sowanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sowanpur village had a population of 426. That makes it the 70th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Sowanpur village has 211 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sowanpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Sowanpur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sowanpur covers 35.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sowanpur falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sowanpur is Sini Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Sowanpur.

Sowanpur is about 5.6 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sowanpur is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about under 2 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 5.6 km away. Saraikela is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.