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About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,270, made up of 625 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 924.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494331
Area (hectares) 924.01 hectares
Population 1,270
Male Population 625
Female Population 645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 22nd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 924.01 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Sonpur

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

Sonpur lies about 94 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 64 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 Sonpur
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 3.3 km
Nearest town Kānker 38 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 64 km
District headquarters Bastar 94 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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.

Common questions about Sonpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 1,270. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Sonpur village has 625 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 924.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpur falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Antagarh, about 64 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 94 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 3.3 km away. Kānker is about 38 km away. Antagarh is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajrawand (2.7 km), Kongera (2.9 km) and Baderajpur (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sonpur today is likely to be higher.

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