About Sonkhar Village

Sonkhar is a small village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 23, made up of 16 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 438 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.36 hectares hectares.

Sonkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonkhar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Area (hectares)	58.36 hectares
Population	23
Male Population	16
Female Population	7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	438
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sonkhar compares

By the 2011 count Sonkhar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 58.36 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Sonkhar

Sonkhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonkhar as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sonkhar from other places

Sonkhar lies about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Harinagar, 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 Sonkhar
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Harinagar	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaunaha	13 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	24 km

Villages closest to Sonkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonkhar village had a population of 23. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Sonkhar village has 16 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonkhar has about 438 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Sonkhar covers 58.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonkhar falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonkhar is Harinagar, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonkhar.

Sonkhar is about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonkhar is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Rāmnagar is about 2.2 km away. Harinagar is about 2.9 km away. Gaunaha is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.