About Sonapur Village

Sonapur is a small village in Sonai tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 39 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11 hectares hectares.

Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapur village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Tehsil	Sonai
Area (hectares)	11 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	39
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Sonapur is the 201st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents. Its 11 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Sonapur

Sonapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sonapur from other places

Sonapur lies about 33 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Jiribam, about 3.8 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 Sonapur
Nearest railway station	Jiribam	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonai	25 km
District headquarters	Cachar	33 km
Nearest town	Silchar	34 km

Villages closest to Sonapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonapur village had a population of 71. That makes it the 201st largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents.

Sonapur village has 39 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapur has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Sonapur covers 11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sonapur falls under Sonai tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Sonapur is Jiribam, about 3.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonapur.

Sonapur is about 33 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonapur is in Sonai tehsil of Cachar district. Jiribam is about 3.8 km away. Sonai is about 25 km away. Cachar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.