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About Kotmi Sonar Village

Kotmi Sonar is one of the larger villages in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,662, made up of 3,953 males and 3,709 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1420.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotmi Sonar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotmi Sonar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Akaltara
Pincode 495552
Area (hectares) 1420.37 hectares
Population 7,662
Male Population 3,953
Female Population 3,709
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Kotmi Sonar compares

By the 2011 count Kotmi Sonar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 1420.37 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Kotmi Sonar

Kotmi Sonar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kotmi Sonar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotmi Sonar from other places

Kotmi Sonar lies about 23 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kotmi Sonar, about under 2 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 Kotmi Sonar
Nearest railway station Kotmi Sonar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Akaltara 6.6 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 23 km

Villages closest to Kotmi Sonar

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

Common questions about Kotmi Sonar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotmi Sonar village had a population of 7,662. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Kotmi Sonar village has 3,953 males and 3,709 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotmi Sonar has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Kotmi Sonar is 495552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotmi Sonar covers 1420.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotmi Sonar falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotmi Sonar is Kotmi Sonar, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kotmi Sonar.

Kotmi Sonar is about 23 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotmi Sonar is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kotmi Sonar is about under 2 km away. Akaltara is about 6.6 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ameri (2.2 km), Raseda (2.4 km) and Kalyanpur (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kotmi Sonar today is likely to be higher.

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