About Sogiwal Village

Sogiwal is a small village in Shirhatti tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 494, made up of 268 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1201.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sogiwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sogiwal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Shirhatti
Pincode	582112
Area (hectares)	1201.36 hectares
Population	494
Male Population	268
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sogiwal compares

By the 2011 count Sogiwal is the 73rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 1201.36 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Sogiwal

Sogiwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sogiwal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sogiwal from other places

Sogiwal lies about 37 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Yalavigi, about 19 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 Sogiwal
Nearest town	Lakshmeshwar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shirhatti	15 km
Nearest railway station	Yalavigi	19 km
District headquarters	Gadag	37 km

Villages closest to Sogiwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sogiwal village had a population of 494. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Sogiwal village has 268 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sogiwal has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Sogiwal is 582112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sogiwal covers 1201.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sogiwal falls under Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sogiwal is Yalavigi, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sogiwal.

Sogiwal is about 37 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sogiwal is in Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district. Lakshmeshwar is about 12 km away. Shirhatti is about 15 km away. Yalavigi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.