About Sotakanal Village

Sotakanal is a mid sized village in Navalgund tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 855, made up of 454 males and 401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sotakanal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sotakanal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Navalgund
Pincode	582208
Area (hectares)	334.74 hectares
Population	855
Male Population	454
Female Population	401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sotakanal compares

By the 2011 count Sotakanal is the 53rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 334.74 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 953.

Getting to Sotakanal

Sotakanal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sotakanal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sotakanal from other places

Sotakanal lies about 46 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Balganur, about 22 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 Sotakanal
Tehsil headquarters	Navalgund	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Balganur	22 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	46 km

Villages closest to Sotakanal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sotakanal village had a population of 855. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Sotakanal village has 454 males and 401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sotakanal has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Sotakanal is 582208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sotakanal covers 334.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sotakanal falls under Navalgund tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sotakanal is Balganur, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sotakanal.

Sotakanal is about 46 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sotakanal is in Navalgund tehsil of Dharwad district. Navalgund is about 9.7 km away. Balganur is about 22 km away. Dharwad is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.