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About Nangal Sohal Village

Nangal Sohal is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 982, made up of 533 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nangal Sohal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nangal Sohal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143202
Area (hectares) 331 hectares
Population 982
Male Population 533
Female Population 449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nangal Sohal compares

By the 2011 count Nangal Sohal is the 161st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Nangal Sohal

Nangal Sohal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Nangal Sohal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nangal Sohal from other places

Nangal Sohal lies about 40 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 6.2 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 Nangal Sohal
Nearest railway station Ramdas 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 18 km
Nearest town Ajnāla 18 km
District headquarters Amritsar 40 km

Villages closest to Nangal Sohal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajnala 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 Nangal Sohal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nangal Sohal village had a population of 982. That makes it the 161st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Nangal Sohal village has 533 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nangal Sohal has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Nangal Sohal is 143202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nangal Sohal covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nangal Sohal falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Nangal Sohal is Ramdas, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nangal Sohal.

Nangal Sohal is about 40 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nangal Sohal is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 6.2 km away. Ajnala is about 18 km away. Ajnāla is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghumrai (under 2 km), Rurewal (under 2 km) and Gaggar (under 2 km).

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

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