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About Soheta Village

Soheta is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,012, made up of 501 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soheta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soheta village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144515
Area (hectares) 228 hectares
Population 1,012
Male Population 501
Female Population 511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Soheta compares

By the 2011 count Soheta is the 136th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 228 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Soheta

Soheta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Soheta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Soheta from other places

Soheta lies about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 6.1 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 Soheta
Nearest railway station Rahon 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 8.7 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 12 km

Villages closest to Soheta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soheta village had a population of 1,012. That makes it the 136th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Soheta village has 501 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soheta has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Soheta is 144515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soheta covers 228 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soheta falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Soheta is Rahon, about 6.1 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 village for Soheta.

Soheta is about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soheta is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 6.1 km away. Nawanshahr is about 8.7 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Usmanpur (under 2 km), Shahbazpur (under 2 km) and Pallian Kalan (1.9 km).

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

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