About Sonbarsa Shah Village

Sonbarsa Shah is one of the larger villages in Kurhani tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,768, made up of 3,025 males and 2,743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonbarsa Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonbarsa Shah village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Kurhani
Pincode	843119
Area (hectares)	281 hectares
Population	5,768
Male Population	3,025
Female Population	2,743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonbarsa Shah compares

By the 2011 count Sonbarsa Shah is the 18th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,705 residents. Its 281 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Sonbarsa Shah

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

Sonbarsa Shah lies about 16 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Silaut, about 6.4 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 Sonbarsa Shah
Nearest railway station	Silaut	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurhani	10 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	16 km

Villages closest to Sonbarsa Shah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kurhani 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 Sonbarsa Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonbarsa Shah village had a population of 5,768. That makes it the 18th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,705 residents.

Sonbarsa Shah village has 3,025 males and 2,743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonbarsa Shah has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Sonbarsa Shah is 843119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonbarsa Shah covers 281 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonbarsa Shah falls under Kurhani tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonbarsa Shah is Silaut, about 6.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sonbarsa Shah.

Sonbarsa Shah is about 16 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonbarsa Shah is in Kurhani tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Silaut is about 6.4 km away. Kurhani is about 10 km away. Muzaffarpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.