About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,629, made up of 1,293 males and 1,336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1251.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, 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	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	1251.31 hectares
Population	2,629
Male Population	1,293
Female Population	1,336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 15th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1251.31 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

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 village. 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 24 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 31 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	Bakavand	24 km
District headquarters	Bastar	24 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	30 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	31 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpur village had a population of 2,629. That makes it the 15th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Sonpur village has 1,293 males and 1,336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 1251.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpur falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Amagura, about 31 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 village for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 24 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 Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 24 km away. Bastar is about 24 km away. Jagdalpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.