About Sonupur Village

Sonupur is one of the larger villages in Rosera tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11,014, made up of 5,805 males and 5,209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724 hectares hectares.

Sonupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonupur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Rosera
Area (hectares)	724 hectares
Population	11,014
Male Population	5,805
Female Population	5,209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sonupur compares

By the 2011 count Sonupur is the 4th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,551 residents. Its 724 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Sonupur

Sonupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonupur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sonupur from other places

Sonupur lies about 26 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Rusera Ghat, about 6.1 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 Sonupur
Tehsil headquarters	Rosera	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rusera Ghat	6.1 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	26 km

Villages closest to Sonupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonupur village had a population of 11,014. That makes it the 4th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,551 residents.

Sonupur village has 5,805 males and 5,209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonupur has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Sonupur covers 724 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sonupur falls under Rosera tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonupur is Rusera Ghat, about 6.1 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 village for Sonupur.

Sonupur is about 26 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonupur is in Rosera tehsil of Samastipur district. Rosera is about 5.0 km away. Rusera Ghat is about 6.1 km away. Samastipur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.