About Sonahula Village

Sonahula is a large village in Guthani tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,279, made up of 1,661 males and 1,618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 665 hectares hectares.

Sonahula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonahula village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Guthani
Area (hectares)	665 hectares
Population	3,279
Male Population	1,661
Female Population	1,618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
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 Sonahula compares

By the 2011 count Sonahula is the 6th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 665 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Sonahula

Sonahula is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sonahula 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 Sonahula from other places

Sonahula lies about 32 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bankata, about 9.2 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 Sonahula
Nearest town	Lar	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bankata	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Guthani	32 km
District headquarters	Siwan	32 km

Villages closest to Sonahula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonahula village had a population of 3,279. That makes it the 6th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Sonahula village has 1,661 males and 1,618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonahula has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Sonahula covers 665 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonahula falls under Guthani tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonahula is Bankata, about 9.2 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 Sonahula.

Sonahula is about 32 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonahula is in Guthani tehsil of Siwan district. Lar is about 6.6 km away. Bankata is about 9.2 km away. Guthani is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.