About Sonai Chak Village

Sonai Chak is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 39 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares.

Sonai Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonai Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	22 hectares
Population	74
Male Population	39
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonai Chak compares

By the 2011 count Sonai Chak is the 156th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 22 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Sonai Chak

Sonai Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonai Chak as Available within 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 Sonai Chak from other places

Sonai Chak lies about 22 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 8.8 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 Sonai Chak
Nearest railway station	Bela	8.8 km
Nearest town	Purāini	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	22 km
District headquarters	Banka	22 km

Villages closest to Sonai Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonai Chak village had a population of 74. That makes it the 156th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Sonai Chak village has 39 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonai Chak has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Sonai Chak covers 22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonai Chak falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonai Chak is Bela, about 8.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonai Chak.

Sonai Chak is about 22 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonai Chak is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 8.8 km away. Purāini is about 18 km away. Dhuraiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.