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About Soter Village

Soter is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,137, made up of 601 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1298.45 hectares hectares.

Soter Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soter village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 1298.45 hectares
Population 1,137
Male Population 601
Female Population 536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Soter compares

By the 2011 count Soter is the 45th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 1298.45 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Soter

Soter 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 Soter 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Soter from other places

Soter lies about 46 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Jakhalaun, about 17 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 Soter
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 12 km
Nearest railway station Jakhalaun 17 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 46 km

Villages closest to Soter

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soter village had a population of 1,137. That makes it the 45th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Soter village has 601 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soter has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Soter covers 1298.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Soter falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Soter is Jakhalaun, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

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

Soter is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Chanderi is about 12 km away. Jakhalaun is about 17 km away. Ashoknagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behati (1.7 km), Kadrana (3.4 km) and Satpaiya (3.7 km).

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

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