About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a small village in Belaganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 230 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 804403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Belaganj
Pincode	804403
Area (hectares)	73 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	230
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 101st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Sonpur

Sonpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 Sonpur from other places

Sonpur lies about 20 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 2.9 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 Sonpur
Nearest railway station	Bela	2.9 km
Nearest town	Makhdumpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Belaganj	20 km
District headquarters	Gaya	20 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 435. That makes it the 101st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Sonpur village has 230 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 804403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpur falls under Belaganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Bela, about 2.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 20 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Belaganj tehsil of Gaya district. Bela is about 2.9 km away. Makhdumpur is about 11 km away. Belaganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.