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About Sonachera Grant Village

Sonachera Grant is a mid sized village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 771, made up of 383 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 739.45 hectares hectares.

Sonachera Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonachera Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Silchar
Area (hectares) 739.45 hectares
Population 771
Male Population 383
Female Population 388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sonachera Grant compares

By the 2011 count Sonachera Grant is the 171st largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 739.45 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 949.

Getting to Sonachera Grant

Sonachera Grant is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonachera Grant 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Silchar Pt X, Silchar Xi, Silcoorie Grant and Sildubi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Sonachera Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonachera Grant village had a population of 771. That makes it the 171st largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Sonachera Grant village has 383 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonachera Grant has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Sonachera Grant covers 739.45 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.

Sonachera Grant falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The census record for Sonachera Grant notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Sonachera Grant.

Sonachera Grant is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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