About Sonpura Village

Sonpura is a mid sized village in Tilouthu tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 635, made up of 331 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Tilouthu
Pincode	821312
Area (hectares)	374.3 hectares
Population	635
Male Population	331
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpura compares

By the 2011 count Sonpura is the 45th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 374.3 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Sonpura

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

How far is Sonpura from other places

Sonpura lies about 19 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Kosiara, 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 Sonpura
Nearest railway station	Kosiara	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tilouthu	19 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	19 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	21 km

Villages closest to Sonpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpura village had a population of 635. That makes it the 45th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Sonpura village has 331 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpura has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Sonpura is 821312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpura covers 374.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpura falls under Tilouthu tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonpura is Kosiara, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sonpura.

Sonpura is about 19 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpura is in Tilouthu tehsil of Rohtas district. Kosiara is about 11 km away. Tilouthu is about 19 km away. Rohtas is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.