About Sonapur Village

Sonapur is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 320 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.65 hectares hectares.

Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	44.65 hectares
Population	581
Male Population	320
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Sonapur is the 130th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 44.65 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Sonapur

Sonapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sonapur 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 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 49 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Sarsi, about 11 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	Sarsi	11 km
Nearest town	Banmankhi	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	24 km
District headquarters	Katihar	49 km

Villages closest to Sonapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kadwa 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 581. That makes it the 130th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Sonapur village has 320 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapur has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Sonapur covers 44.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sonapur falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonapur is Sarsi, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Sonapur.

Sonapur is about 49 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonapur is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Sarsi is about 11 km away. Banmankhi is about 18 km away. Kadwa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.