About Sotal Village

Sotal is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,539, made up of 818 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sotal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sotal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140108
Area (hectares)	362 hectares
Population	1,539
Male Population	818
Female Population	721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sotal compares

By the 2011 count Sotal is the 15th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 362 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Sotal

Sotal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sotal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sotal from other places

Sotal lies about 12 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Chatouli, about 4.0 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 Sotal
Nearest railway station	Chatouli	4.0 km
Nearest town	Kūrāli	4.5 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	13 km

Villages closest to Sotal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 Sotal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sotal village had a population of 1,539. That makes it the 15th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Sotal village has 818 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sotal has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Sotal is 140108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sotal covers 362 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sotal falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sotal is Chatouli, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sotal.

Sotal is about 12 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sotal is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Chatouli is about 4.0 km away. Kūrāli is about 4.5 km away. Rupnagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.