About Sonewara Village

Sonewara is a mid sized village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,267, made up of 608 males and 659 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 767.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonewara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonewara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Magarlod
Pincode	495224
Area (hectares)	767.44 hectares
Population	1,267
Male Population	608
Female Population	659
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonewara compares

By the 2011 count Sonewara is the 35th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 767.44 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Sonewara

Sonewara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonewara 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 Sonewara from other places

Sonewara lies about 20 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 13 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 Sonewara
Tehsil headquarters	Magarlod	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsonpuri	13 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	20 km

Villages closest to Sonewara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonewara village had a population of 1,267. That makes it the 35th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Sonewara village has 608 males and 659 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonewara has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Sonewara is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonewara covers 767.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonewara falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonewara is Sarsonpuri, about 13 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 Sonewara.

Sonewara is about 20 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonewara is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 12 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 13 km away. Dhamtari is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.