About Sonwahi Village

Sonwahi is a mid sized village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 569, made up of 287 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 664.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493891, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonwahi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	493891
Area (hectares)	664.65 hectares
Population	569
Male Population	287
Female Population	282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonwahi compares

By the 2011 count Sonwahi is the 118th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 664.65 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Sonwahi

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

Sonwahi lies about 30 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 78 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 Sonwahi
Nearest town	Malajkhand	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	28 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	30 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	78 km

Villages closest to Sonwahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonwahi village had a population of 569. That makes it the 118th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Sonwahi village has 287 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonwahi has about 983 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 1006.

The pincode recorded for Sonwahi is 493891. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonwahi covers 664.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonwahi falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sonwahi is Bamhani Banjar, about 78 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 Sonwahi.

Sonwahi is about 30 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonwahi is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Malajkhand is about 26 km away. Bodla is about 28 km away. Kabeerdham is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.