About Soniyana Village

Soniyana is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 153 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soniyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soniyana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246428
Area (hectares)	36.88 hectares
Population	333
Male Population	153
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,176
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Soniyana compares

By the 2011 count Soniyana is the 69th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 36.88 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Soniyana

Soniyana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Soniyana as Available within village. 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 Soniyana from other places

Soniyana lies about 40 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 75 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 Soniyana
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	under 2 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	40 km
Nearest town	Pauri	51 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	75 km

Villages closest to Soniyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soniyana village had a population of 333. That makes it the 69th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Soniyana village has 153 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soniyana has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Soniyana is 246428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soniyana covers 36.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Soniyana falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Soniyana is Ramnagar, about 75 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 village for Soniyana.

Soniyana is about 40 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soniyana is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about under 2 km away. Chamoli is about 40 km away. Pauri is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.