About Sorta Village

Sorta is a mid sized village in Arvi tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,552, made up of 811 males and 741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 777.6 hectares hectares.

Sorta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sorta village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Arvi
Area (hectares)	777.6 hectares
Population	1,552
Male Population	811
Female Population	741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sorta compares

By the 2011 count Sorta is the 18th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 777.6 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Sorta

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

How far is Sorta from other places

Sorta lies about 29 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Sorta, about 1.9 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 Sorta
Nearest railway station	Sorta	1.9 km
Nearest town	Pulgaon	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arvi	27 km
District headquarters	Wardha	29 km

Villages closest to Sorta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sorta village had a population of 1,552. That makes it the 18th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Sorta village has 811 males and 741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sorta has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Sorta covers 777.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sorta falls under Arvi tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sorta is Sorta, about 1.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sorta.

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

Sorta is in Arvi tehsil of Wardha district. Sorta is about 1.9 km away. Pulgaon is about 5.2 km away. Arvi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.