About Sonpur Village

Sonpur is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,476, made up of 747 males and 729 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	491111
Area (hectares)	411.87 hectares
Population	1,476
Male Population	747
Female Population	729
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpur compares

By the 2011 count Sonpur is the 60th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 411.87 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

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 - 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 36 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Chataud, about 16 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	Patan	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Chataud	16 km
Nearest town	Raipur	22 km
District headquarters	Durg	36 km

Villages closest to Sonpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patan 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 1,476. That makes it the 60th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Sonpur village has 747 males and 729 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpur has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Sonpur is 491111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpur covers 411.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonpur falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonpur is Chataud, about 16 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 - 10 km distance for Sonpur.

Sonpur is about 36 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpur is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Patan is about 5.4 km away. Chataud is about 16 km away. Raipur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.