About Soonakot Village

Soonakot is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 228 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soonakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soonakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	93.54 hectares
Population	469
Male Population	228
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Soonakot compares

By the 2011 count Soonakot is the 34th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 93.54 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Soonakot

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

Soonakot lies about 26 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Soonakot
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	26 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	63 km

Villages closest to Soonakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soonakot village had a population of 469. That makes it the 34th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Soonakot village has 228 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soonakot has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Soonakot is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soonakot covers 93.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Soonakot falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Soonakot is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Soonakot.

Soonakot is about 26 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soonakot is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 26 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 26 km away. Didihat is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.