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About Soe Village

Soe is a mid sized village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,278, made up of 612 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soe village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Bano
Pincode 835201
Area (hectares) 569 hectares
Population 1,278
Male Population 612
Female Population 666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Soe compares

By the 2011 count Soe is the 16th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 569 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Soe

The census records public bus service for Soe as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Soe from other places

Soe lies about 41 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Bano, 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 Soe
Nearest railway station Bano under 2 km
Nearest town Birmitrapur 33 km
District headquarters Simdega 41 km

Villages closest to Soe

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

Common questions about Soe

As per the Census of India 2011, Soe village had a population of 1,278. That makes it the 16th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Soe village has 612 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soe has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Soe is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soe covers 569 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soe falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Soe is Bano, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Soe.

Soe is about 41 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soe is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Bano is about under 2 km away. Birmitrapur is about 33 km away. Simdega is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sijang (under 2 km), Unikel (1.7 km) and Samdega (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Soe today is likely to be higher.

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