About Sotal Village

Sotal is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 761, made up of 402 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sotal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sotal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Kharar
Pincode	140103
Area (hectares)	299 hectares
Population	761
Male Population	402
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sotal compares

By the 2011 count Sotal is the 83rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 299 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Sotal

Sotal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sotal 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 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 16 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kharar, about 7.0 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	Kharar	7.0 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	16 km

Villages closest to Sotal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharar 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 761. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Sotal village has 402 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sotal has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Sotal is 140103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sotal covers 299 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sotal falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sotal is Kharar, about 7.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sotal.

Sotal is about 16 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sotal is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Kharar is about 7.0 km away. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.