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About Sonpuri Village

Sonpuri is a mid sized village in Korba tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,224, made up of 593 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 783.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495684, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sonpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonpuri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Korba
Tehsil Korba
Pincode 495684
Area (hectares) 783.43 hectares
Population 1,224
Male Population 593
Female Population 631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonpuri compares

By the 2011 count Sonpuri is the 37th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,037 residents. Its 783.43 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1008.

Getting to Sonpuri

Sonpuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sonpuri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Sonpuri from other places

Sonpuri lies about 10 km from Korba. 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 Sonpuri
Tehsil headquarters Korba 10 km

Villages closest to Sonpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonpuri village had a population of 1,224. That makes it the 37th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,037 residents.

Sonpuri village has 593 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonpuri has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Sonpuri is 495684. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sonpuri covers 783.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sonpuri falls under Korba tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Sonpuri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sonpuri.

Sonpuri is about 10 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonpuri is in Korba tehsil of Korba district. Korba is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saraipali (4.0 km), Dondro (6.2 km) and Parsakhola (6.6 km).

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

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