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About Soit Village

Soit is a mid sized village in Umarkhed tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,252, made up of 645 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1421.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soit village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Umarkhed
Pincode 445206
Area (hectares) 1421.41 hectares
Population 1,252
Male Population 645
Female Population 607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Soit compares

By the 2011 count Soit is the 62nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents. Its 1421.41 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Soit

Soit is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Soit as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Soit from other places

Soit lies about 101 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Himayatnagar, about 14 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 Soit
Nearest railway station Himayatnagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Umarkhed 16 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 101 km

Villages closest to Soit

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soit village had a population of 1,252. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents.

Soit village has 645 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soit has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Soit is 445206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soit covers 1421.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Soit falls under Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Soit is Himayatnagar, about 14 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 km distance for Soit.

Soit is about 101 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soit is in Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district. Himayatnagar is about 14 km away. Umarkhed is about 16 km away. Yavatmal is about 101 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Brahmangaon (2.9 km), Ganjegaon (3.0 km) and Sindgi (3.0 km).

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

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