About Sowaniya Village

Sowaniya is a mid sized village in Bilara tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,563, made up of 810 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1603 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342604, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sowaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sowaniya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Bilara
Pincode	342604
Area (hectares)	1603 hectares
Population	1,563
Male Population	810
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sowaniya compares

By the 2011 count Sowaniya is the 48th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,036 residents. Its 1603 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Sowaniya

Sowaniya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sowaniya 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sowaniya from other places

Sowaniya lies about 75 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Silari, about 21 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 Sowaniya
Nearest town	Pīpār	20 km
Nearest railway station	Silari	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bilara	25 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	75 km

Villages closest to Sowaniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sowaniya village had a population of 1,563. That makes it the 48th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,036 residents.

Sowaniya village has 810 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sowaniya has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Sowaniya is 342604. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sowaniya covers 1603 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.

Sowaniya falls under Bilara tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sowaniya is Silari, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sowaniya.

Sowaniya is about 75 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sowaniya is in Bilara tehsil of Jodhpur district. Pīpār is about 20 km away. Silari is about 21 km away. Bilara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.