About Sonapur Village

Sonapur is a small village in Basantpur tehsil, in the district of Supaul, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 167 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares.

Sonapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Supaul
Tehsil	Basantpur
Area (hectares)	144 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	167
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
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 Sonapur compares

By the 2011 count Sonapur is the 74th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 927.

Getting to Sonapur

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

Sonapur lies about 101 km from Supaul, and the nearest railway station is Jalalgarh, about 7.7 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 Sonapur
Nearest railway station	Jalalgarh	7.7 km
Nearest town	Kasba	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basantpur	21 km
District headquarters	Supaul	101 km

Villages closest to Sonapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonapur village had a population of 303. That makes it the 74th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents.

Sonapur village has 167 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonapur has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Sonapur covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonapur falls under Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sonapur is Jalalgarh, about 7.7 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 Sonapur.

Sonapur is about 101 km from Supaul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonapur is in Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district. Jalalgarh is about 7.7 km away. Kasba is about 15 km away. Basantpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.