About Sorai Village

Sorai is a mid sized village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,412, made up of 757 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.6 hectares hectares.

Sorai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sorai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Banda
Area (hectares)	570.6 hectares
Population	1,412
Male Population	757
Female Population	655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sorai compares

By the 2011 count Sorai is the 42nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 570.6 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Sorai

Sorai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sorai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sorai from other places

Sorai lies about 29 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Dangidahar, about 20 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 Sorai
Tehsil headquarters	Banda	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Dangidahar	20 km
District headquarters	Sagar	29 km

Villages closest to Sorai

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Sorai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sorai village had a population of 1,412. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Sorai village has 757 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sorai has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Sorai covers 570.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sorai falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sorai is Dangidahar, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sorai.

Sorai is about 29 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sorai is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 3.4 km away. Dangidahar is about 20 km away. Sagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.