About Sounek Village

Sounek is a mid sized village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 668 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sounek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sounek village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Jalalabad
Pincode	242221
Area (hectares)	253.28 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	668
Female Population	573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sounek compares

By the 2011 count Sounek is the 157th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 253.28 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 831.

Getting to Sounek

Sounek is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sounek 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sounek from other places

Sounek lies about 42 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatasa, about 26 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 Sounek
Tehsil headquarters	Jalalabad	12 km
Nearest town	Jalālābād	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bhatasa	26 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	42 km

Villages closest to Sounek

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sounek village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 157th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Sounek village has 668 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sounek has about 858 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 831.

The pincode recorded for Sounek is 242221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sounek covers 253.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sounek falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sounek is Bhatasa, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sounek.

Sounek is about 42 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sounek is in Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalalabad is about 12 km away. Jalālābād is about 12 km away. Bhatasa is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.