About Sonbhanga Village

Sonbhanga is a small village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 187 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares.

Sonbhanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonbhanga village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dagarua
Area (hectares)	83 hectares
Population	355
Male Population	187
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 Sonbhanga compares

By the 2011 count Sonbhanga is the 110th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 988.

Getting to Sonbhanga

Sonbhanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonbhanga 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. The nearest villages by name are Shahkol, Shekhpura, Siarkham and Sinduar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Sonbhanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonbhanga village had a population of 355. That makes it the 110th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Sonbhanga village has 187 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonbhanga has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Sonbhanga covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonbhanga falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The census record for Sonbhanga notes the nearest railway station 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 Sonbhanga.

Sonbhanga is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.