About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 255 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	493663
Area (hectares)	208.29 hectares
Population	508
Male Population	255
Female Population	253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 115th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 208.29 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

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 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 Sonpur from other places

Sonpur lies about 27 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sirry, about 5.5 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
Nearest railway station	Sirry	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	10 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	19 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	27 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kurud 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 508. That makes it the 115th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Sonpur village has 255 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 493663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 208.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpur falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Sirry, about 5.5 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 Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 27 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sirry is about 5.5 km away. Kurud is about 10 km away. Nawāpāra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.