About Sonchiraiya Village

Sonchiraiya is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 856, made up of 427 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonchiraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonchiraiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491338
Area (hectares)	229.94 hectares
Population	856
Male Population	427
Female Population	429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonchiraiya compares

By the 2011 count Sonchiraiya is the 36th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 229.94 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1014.

Getting to Sonchiraiya

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

Sonchiraiya lies about 15 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Parmalkasa, about 6.8 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 Sonchiraiya
Nearest railway station	Parmalkasa	6.8 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	15 km
District headquarters	Durg	15 km

Villages closest to Sonchiraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonchiraiya village had a population of 856. That makes it the 36th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Sonchiraiya village has 427 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonchiraiya has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Sonchiraiya is 491338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonchiraiya covers 229.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonchiraiya falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonchiraiya is Parmalkasa, about 6.8 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 Sonchiraiya.

Sonchiraiya is about 15 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonchiraiya is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Parmalkasa is about 6.8 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 13 km away. Thanakhamria is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.