About Soni Village

Soni is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 114, made up of 53 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soni village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	93.58 hectares
Population	114
Male Population	53
Female Population	61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
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 Soni compares

By the 2011 count Soni is the 207th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 93.58 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Soni

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

Soni lies about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 8.9 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 Soni
Nearest railway station	Yog Nagari Rishikesh	8.9 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	29 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	29 km

Villages closest to Soni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Soni village had a population of 114. That makes it the 207th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Soni village has 53 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soni has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Soni is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soni covers 93.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Soni falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Soni is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 8.9 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 Soni.

Soni is about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soni is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 8.9 km away. Rishīkesh is about 8.9 km away. Devprayag is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.