About Sonpuri Village

Sonpuri is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,070, made up of 525 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpuri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	495116
Area (hectares)	266.68 hectares
Population	1,070
Male Population	525
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpuri compares

By the 2011 count Sonpuri is the 68th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 266.68 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Sonpuri

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

Sonpuri lies about 50 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Tenganmada, about 3.1 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 Sonpuri
Nearest railway station	Tenganmada	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	24 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	29 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	50 km

Villages closest to Sonpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpuri village had a population of 1,070. That makes it the 68th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Sonpuri village has 525 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpuri has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Sonpuri is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpuri covers 266.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpuri falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpuri is Tenganmada, about 3.1 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 10+ km distance for Sonpuri.

Sonpuri is about 50 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpuri is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Tenganmada is about 3.1 km away. Kota is about 24 km away. Ratanpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.