About Soni Village

Soni is a large village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,913, made up of 1,434 males and 1,479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 830.28 hectares hectares.

Soni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soni village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Goregaon
Area (hectares)	830.28 hectares
Population	2,913
Male Population	1,434
Female Population	1,479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Soni compares

By the 2011 count Soni is the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 830.28 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Soni

Soni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Soni as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Soni from other places

Soni lies about 15 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 7.6 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 Soni
Tehsil headquarters	Goregaon	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Hirdamali	7.6 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	15 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	15 km

Villages closest to Soni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soni village had a population of 2,913. That makes it the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Soni village has 1,434 males and 1,479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soni has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Soni covers 830.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soni falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Soni is Hirdamali, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Soni.

Soni is about 15 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soni is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Goregaon is about 6.5 km away. Hirdamali is about 7.6 km away. Gondiya is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.