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About Soni Village

Soni is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 161 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, 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 Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 181.04 hectares
Population 356
Male Population 161
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,211
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Soni compares

By the 2011 count Soni is the 63rd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 181.04 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1109.

Getting to Soni

The census records public bus service for Soni as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Yog Nagari Rishikesh 8.9 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 8.9 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 Narendranagar 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.

Common questions about Soni

As per the Census of India 2011, Soni village had a population of 356. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Soni village has 161 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soni has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Soni is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soni covers 181.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Soni falls under Narendranagar 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 <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 3.1 km away. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 8.9 km away. Rishīkesh is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagar (under 2 km), Dagar (under 2 km) and Bhainsark (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Soni today is likely to be higher.

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