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About Soyat Village

Soyat is a mid sized village in Rehti tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,760, made up of 934 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.13 hectares hectares.

Soyat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soyat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Rehti
Area (hectares) 666.13 hectares
Population 1,760
Male Population 934
Female Population 826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Soyat compares

By the 2011 count Soyat is the 9th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 666.13 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, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Soyat

Soyat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Soyat as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Soyat from other places

Soyat lies about 60 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Midghat, about 29 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 Soyat
Tehsil headquarters Rehti 5.1 km
Nearest town Nasrullāhganj 13 km
Nearest railway station Midghat 29 km
District headquarters Sehore 60 km

Villages closest to Soyat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soyat village had a population of 1,760. That makes it the 9th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Soyat village has 934 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soyat has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Soyat covers 666.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soyat falls under Rehti tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Soyat is Midghat, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Soyat.

Soyat is about 60 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soyat is in Rehti tehsil of Sehore district. Rehti is about 5.1 km away. Nasrullāhganj is about 13 km away. Midghat is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chichlaha Khurd (2.0 km), Ramgarha (2.5 km) and Kalwana (2.9 km).

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

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