About Sohbar Village

Sohbar is a mid sized village in Shella Bholaganj tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,072, made up of 532 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sohbar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sohbar village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Shella Bholaganj
Pincode	793108
Population	1,072
Male Population	532
Female Population	540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sohbar compares

By the 2011 count Sohbar is the 7th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 344 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Sohbar

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

Sohbar lies about 24 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 67 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 Sohbar
Nearest town	Shella	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shella Bholaganj	24 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	24 km
Nearest railway station	শাহবাজপুর	67 km

Villages closest to Sohbar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shella Bholaganj 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 Sohbar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sohbar village had a population of 1,072. That makes it the 7th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 344 residents.

Sohbar village has 532 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sohbar has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Sohbar is 793108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sohbar falls under Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Sohbar is শাহবাজপুর, about 67 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 village for Sohbar.

Sohbar is about 24 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sohbar is in Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 12 km away. Shella Bholaganj is about 24 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.