About Sorna Village

Sorna is a mid sized village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 696, made up of 341 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441914, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sorna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sorna village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Tumsar
Pincode	441914
Area (hectares)	276.71 hectares
Population	696
Male Population	341
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sorna compares

By the 2011 count Sorna is the 87th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 276.71 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Sorna

Sorna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sorna 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sorna from other places

Sorna lies about 30 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Chicholi, about 13 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 Sorna
Nearest railway station	Chicholi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tumsar	16 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	30 km

Villages closest to Sorna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sorna village had a population of 696. That makes it the 87th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Sorna village has 341 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sorna has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Sorna is 441914. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sorna covers 276.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sorna falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sorna is Chicholi, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Sorna.

Sorna is about 30 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sorna is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Chicholi is about 13 km away. Tumsar is about 16 km away. Bhandara is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.