About Sotil Village

Sotil is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,415, made up of 750 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.23 hectares hectares.

Sotil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sotil village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Area (hectares)	225.23 hectares
Population	1,415
Male Population	750
Female Population	665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sotil compares

By the 2011 count Sotil is the 52nd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 225.23 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Sotil

Sotil is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sotil as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sotil from other places

Sotil lies about 22 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 17 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 Sotil
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Khairahi	17 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	22 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	22 km

Villages closest to Sotil

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sotil village had a population of 1,415. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Sotil village has 750 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sotil has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Sotil covers 225.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sotil falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sotil is Khairahi, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sotil.

Sotil is about 22 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sotil is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 9.1 km away. Khairahi is about 17 km away. Sonbhadra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.