About Sosa Village

Sosa is a small village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 147 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262545, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sosa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sosa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262545
Area (hectares)	324.29 hectares
Population	309
Male Population	147
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
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 Sosa compares

By the 2011 count Sosa is the 44th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 324.29 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Sosa

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

Sosa lies about 43 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 96 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 Sosa
Tehsil headquarters	Dharchula	1.7 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	43 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	43 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	96 km

Villages closest to Sosa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sosa village had a population of 309. That makes it the 44th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Sosa village has 147 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sosa has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Sosa is 262545. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sosa covers 324.29 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.

Sosa falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sosa is Tanakpur, about 96 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 Sosa.

Sosa is about 43 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sosa is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Dharchula is about 1.7 km away. Pithoragarh is about 43 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.