About Sowa Village

Sowa is a large village in Nokha tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,764, made up of 2,021 males and 1,743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3829 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334801, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sowa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Tehsil	Nokha
Pincode	334801
Area (hectares)	3829 hectares
Population	3,764
Male Population	2,021
Female Population	1,743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sowa compares

By the 2011 count Sowa is the 34th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents. Its 3829 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Sowa

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

Sowa lies about 30 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Surpura, about 11 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 Sowa
Nearest railway station	Surpura	11 km
Nearest town	Napāsar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nokha	26 km
District headquarters	Bikaner	30 km

Villages closest to Sowa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sowa village had a population of 3,764. That makes it the 34th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents.

Sowa village has 2,021 males and 1,743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sowa has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Sowa is 334801. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sowa covers 3829 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sowa falls under Nokha tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sowa is Surpura, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Sowa.

Sowa is about 30 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sowa is in Nokha tehsil of Bikaner district. Surpura is about 11 km away. Napāsar is about 20 km away. Nokha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.