About Sorag Village

Sorag is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 490 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sorag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sorag village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	500.48 hectares
Population	959
Male Population	490
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 Sorag compares

By the 2011 count Sorag is the 14th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 500.48 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Sorag

Sorag is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sorag 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 Sorag from other places

Sorag lies about 33 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 100 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 Sorag
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	18 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	33 km
Nearest town	Almora	62 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	100 km

Villages closest to Sorag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sorag village had a population of 959. That makes it the 14th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Sorag village has 490 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sorag has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Sorag is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sorag covers 500.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sorag falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sorag is Kathgodam, about 100 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 Sorag.

Sorag is about 33 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sorag is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 18 km away. Bageshwar is about 33 km away. Almora is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.