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About Khas Sonapur Village

Khas Sonapur is a mid sized village in Sipajhar tehsil, in the district of Darrang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 877, made up of 456 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.41 hectares hectares.

Khas Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khas Sonapur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Darrang
Tehsil Sipajhar
Area (hectares) 304.41 hectares
Population 877
Male Population 456
Female Population 421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khas Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Khas Sonapur is the 48th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,342 residents. Its 304.41 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Khas Sonapur

Khas Sonapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khas Sonapur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khas Sonapur from other places

Khas Sonapur lies about 100 km from Darrang, and the nearest railway station is Digaru, about 3.9 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 Khas Sonapur
Nearest railway station Digaru 3.9 km
Nearest town Guwahati 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Sipajhar 32 km
District headquarters Darrang 100 km

Villages closest to Khas Sonapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khas Sonapur village had a population of 877. That makes it the 48th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,342 residents.

Khas Sonapur village has 456 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khas Sonapur has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Khas Sonapur covers 304.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khas Sonapur falls under Sipajhar tehsil of Darrang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Khas Sonapur is Digaru, about 3.9 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khas Sonapur.

Khas Sonapur is about 100 km from Darrang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khas Sonapur is in Sipajhar tehsil of Darrang district. Digaru is about 3.9 km away. Guwahati is about 24 km away. Sipajhar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gharoa Sonapur (under 2 km), Khanapara Pt 1 (16 km) and Khanapara Pt 2 (16 km).

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

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